The Last of the Pigeons 151 



Mr. T. E. Douglas of Grayling, Mich., reports that 

 in the year 1900 he saw three Passenger Pigeons on the 

 East Branch of Au Sable River, Michigan, and about 

 five years previous to that date a flock of ten was seen 

 around George's Lake, which is eight miles southwest 

 of West Branch, Michigan. 



I also have a record of one pigeon taken by 

 Mr. John H. Sage, in Portland, Conn., in October, 

 1889. 



In May, 1904, Hon. Chase S. Osborn wrote: 



Dear Mr. Mershon: I haven't much Information 

 relating to the pigeons in this section of the country. In 

 fact, the pigeon was practically gone from the north 

 when I first visited the country in 1880. I remember 

 seeing a flock of about three hundred in Florence 

 County, Wis., which would probably be on a line fifty 

 miles south of here, in 1883. In 1884 I saw a flock in 

 that same section, in the woods northwest of Florence, 

 of about fifty. In 1 890 I saw six of these birds near the 

 mouth of the Little Munoskong River in this county. 

 This river empties into Munoskong Bay, about thirty 

 miles southeast of here. In 1897 I saw a single wild 

 pigeon, flying with the tame pigeons around this town. 

 It was a remarkable sight and attracted the attention of 

 many local bird lovers. There is no doubt that it was a 

 pigeon, and it was absolutely alone as far as we could 

 discover. 



