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who kindly undertook to learn what he could about the 



Pigeon shipments, sends an interesting letter, from which the 



following extracts are taken: "In reply to your letter of 



September 9, I am sorry I could not get what you wanted. 



The firm was W. W. Judy & Co. Judy died twenty-five years 



ago, and the firm was dissolved. One of the partners, Mr. 



Farrell, died eight years afterwards, and there is at present 



only one of the partners living, Mr. Dave Unger. The only 



information that could be gotten from him was the interesting 



statement that the Wild Pigeons have flown to Australia. 



While trying to get the desired information, a game dealer, 



F. H. Miller, stated that eight years ago [1902] he received 



twelve dozen Wild Pigeons from Rogers, Ark., for which he 



paid two and one-half dollars a dozen, and sold all to an 



eastern firm for five dollars a dozen. His last Wild Pigeon, a 



single individual, among some Ducks, was received four years 



ago [1906], from Black River, Mo. As he is an old game 



dealer, who has handled many Pigeons, there is no doubt 



about the species; but exact dates were not obtainable." 



This closes the history of the Passenger Pigeon in our markets. 



For the rest we must look to the millions of shotguns in the 



United States, the natural enemies of the Pigeons, and the 



accidents of migration. For every Pigeon that was shot and 



recorded during the last part of the nineteenth century, 



probably a hundred (perhaps a thousand) were shot and 



eaten. Who was there to record them.'' Ornithologists may 



be rather numerous in some of our cities, but they are very 



rare in our western forests. We read in the press that only 



a few years ago the mountaineers of the south killed hundreds 



of Pigeons, and made pot pies of them. This may or may 



not be true; but for all practical purposes the close of the 



nineteenth century saw the end of the Passenger Pigeon. We 



are now trying to save it, and rewards aggregating thousands 



of dollars are offered for the undisturbed nest and eggs; but 



without result. They come twenty years too late. 



A campaign of publicity has been conducted for two years, 

 under the energetic management of Prof. C. F. Hodge of 

 Clark University at Worcester, Mass.; the large rewards 



