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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 t he middle of the hall near the entrance are several cases contain- 

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



™ ,. ^«. j on ce a common visitor to our Long Island shores, became 

 Extinct Birds 



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 bv the million in such dense flocks that vast 



