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'I'tee wi£d Pigeon. — South Lyon, Mich. — In years back, 
up to 1874, we saw large flocks of pigeons migrating from 
north to south in the fall and from south to north m spring, 
sometimes staying with us a few days and then disappearing 
on their journey. Since 1874 we have not seen any flocks, 
and only a very few single birds in a whole year. Why 
have they stopped their migrating, and where have they 
gone to, or are they numbered with the past? — Young 
Reader. [There is no mystery about the disappearance of 
the wild pigeons. Their flocks have been depleted by market 
pot-hunters and by the trap-shooting game protective so- 
cieties.] 
