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Fig. 313. — The passenger pigeon, Edopistes migratorius (Linnaeus), which was very 

 abundant in the United States a century ago but has been exterminated by man who has 

 used it for food. {Photographed from a specimen in the University of Nebraska State Museum.) 



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Fig. 314. — The dodo, Didus ineptus, formerly lived on the Island of Mauritius in the 

 Indian Ocean. It was slaughtered "for fresh meat" and exterminated by sailors during 

 the seventeenth century. {Photographed from a reconstruction, University of Nebraska 

 State Museum.) 



