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EXTINCT BIRDS 



THE DODO 



Restored from Old Dutch paintings. This gigantic, monstrous pigeon was abund- 

 ant in Mauritius when the island was discovered, but was quickly exterminated by 

 the early Dutch navigators. 



Down the middle of the hall near the entrance are several cases contain- 

 ing birds which have become extinct or nearly so. The Labrador Duck, 

 . . once a common visitor to our Long Island shores, became 



extinct for no known reason. The Great Auk and the Dodo 

 were flightless species which bred in great numbers on small islands 

 and were easily and quickly killed off by men. The Passenger Pigeon 

 of North America lived by the million in such dense flocks that vast 



