6 Auk, XX, 1903, 66. 
Birds of Toronto, Canada, 
by J araes H . PI eni n g , 
^ Part II, Land Birds’, 
Auk, XXIV, Jail., 1907, p, 71-72. 
117. Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon.- Once a remdar 
z»r z s in , th * “ u “ ry b “~" t »»«" ztz 
Simcoe. The disappearance of the great flocks dates back at least fortv 
years, and by 1880 the bird was rare here; the records for 1890 are May 12 
Z 5 5 9 1 tr V V “ d °“ ob “ >-* ~i«t ZS 
3 f . 3 ; 139 lb “ ale ’ blrds were seen on May 16 and July 6, 1900 6 These 
a e the last and are reliable; there is no question that the Wild Pigeon 
is extinct in a wild state in America to-day. S 
An item in one of the early Toronto papers, dated April 15, 1815 “Im- 
mense flights of the Wild Pigeon from west to east on the 27 ulto is the 
earliest date of arrival I can find. 
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