This Monograph of 



The Passenger Pigeon of America 



Is Dedicated to 

 The Memory of My Father 



Nehemiah French, 1818-1906 



An Apostle of Bird Protection 

 And to 



Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker 



Advocate of Conservation of Bird and Animal Life 

 In Pennsylvania 



Who Prompted Me to Write It 



JOHN C. FRENCH 

 Roulette, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1918 



