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THE PASSENGER PIGEON IN PENNSYLVANIA 



Wild Pigeons in Delaware County 



]\Ieclia, Pa., Jan. 6. — While passing thru Springfield 

 township today. Deputy Sheriff William M. Mathues, 

 master hunter of this county, was surprised to see a 

 flock of thirty or more wild pigeons feeding in a mea- 

 dow. Mathues declares that he had not seen a wild 

 pigeon in this county since 1876. (1917) 



