10 R. w. SHUFELDT. THE EXTERMINAT. OF AMERICA'S BIRD FAUNA. 



Pl. I. The Great Auk. By the author, after Audubon. This bird be- 

 came extinct a little more than half a century ago; its egg is 

 worth 1200 dollars. 



PI. II. The Pied or Labrador Duck. Reproduction of the author's paint- 

 ing of the bird. This bird is now utterly extinct, and skms of 

 it have recently sold for 1000 dollars each. 



PI. Ill The Passenger Pigeon. By the author, after Audubon. This 

 magnificent pigeon is now extinct, having been exterminated by 

 man in North America. In 1830, they occurred in the United 

 States in flocks of hundreds of millions 500 dollars or more 

 will be paid to one locating a single nest and eggs. 



Printed 10. June 1914. 



