2o8 The Passenger Pigeon 



This season a single egg was obtained. It developed 

 for about a week and then halted. The stock is evi- 

 dently weakened by inbreeding so long. I can give no 

 information as to time of disappearance. I have 

 sought information far and near. Only a few birds 

 have been reported the last three years. One was re- 

 ported on pretty reliable grounds from Toronto last 

 summer. 



Sorry I can give you no satisfactory details. 



Yours truly, 



C. O. Whitman. 



[Under date of June 6, 1905, Prof. Whitman of the 

 University of Chicago wrote to me that his flock had 

 been reduced from ten to four since he last wrote. He 

 says that one pair were then beginning the maneuvers 

 preceding nesting, but he doubted very much if they 

 would accomplish anything.] 



