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EXTINT 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 

 'he early Dutch navigators. 



Extinct Birds 



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, 

 once a common visitor to our Lonp; 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 mid quickly killed off by men. The Passenger Pigeon 

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



