Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-24


Ag1 woman, boy or girl who
finds the nest of a wild pig
con (ectopistes migratori-
ns), otherwise known as
the passenger pigeon, and
T finds with it the nesting
birds. In order to get the
.,srd the person who makes the aus
s s,,r must leave the nest and the
2 ,s'''nnmoIested and prove the truth of
~. "moking a re5ort and giving the sci
\" W. on oDDortGnity to verify the case.
Tooazjne and newspaper articles lit
W. Nv the thousands have been writ
'' obont the disappearance Of the
=, niopons which once, as it is al
". -, mt "darkAned the sun with their
a1stsn The members of the biologi-
~ survey in Washington are specially
'.rostpd in Tie subject of the disap-
,.,.nco Of this bird Of passage from
n+d haunts, For years it has been
,.,.3 that nesting pairs might be found
some part of the country and that
IN nroDer protection the bird might
rastored in part at least to it's place
mature.
pooorrIv there was a story published
tho effect that the birds, wearied of
A. constant persecution which met
5sm in the United States, had changed
4. course Of their flight and had gone
,o Mexico and there were living peace
nnv and happily. This story proved to
IA absolutely without foundation. Still
rshpr tale was to the effect that the
sgs9ns had gone into the heart Of South
Lnptca ard there finding conditions
seasaDt we're leading a non-migratory
AMe This tale also proved to be en-
hsg fictitious.
In all parts of the southern states in
he winter seasons there are people
Watching sharp-eyed for glimpse of
/ DE bird that once was a common sight.
ID the summer sharp eyes of the north
IRE constantly on the alert for the same
urgose but rs yet no authentic report
hs beer received that the bird of mys-
HrOus disappearance has revisited the
scenes familiar through the centuries to
/ lis ancestors.
One Of the scientists most interested
b the search for the wild pigeon is
arhytE Deane, fellow Of the American
OnitbOlo%:sts' union and president of
he Illinois audubon Society for the
aotection Of Wild Birds. Mr.. Deane
TtuSIy has given up all hope that any
lT1g specimen of the passenger pigeon
Ser will be found, but he is as tireless
ooay as ever in tracing reports of the
4uS temperance to their sources.
Ine offer OF $500 for the discovery of a
Salg pair of the pigeons and their
-u9aroed nest comes from Clifton r.
aOaSe OF Clark university, but s1OO adj
.uVna viii be paid for the discovery
VI pair Of birds and their nest if found
Tue state Of Illinois. The additional
''.'Iu Is the joint offer of Mr.. Deane
,Da' aS remember it, Of Professor Whit,
~7 University of Chicago.
VAe OF the most curious features
haFch for the wild pigeon ia the mistakee
~ made constantly by men who yea1
a'ppeu lhe pigeons and were as famiIia
s -'' appearance as they were, and are
w I". matter, with the appearance of til
~ ~, 'ooIli OF the dooryard. Reports hav,
"On all sections of the country of tn
s S@.s OF the pigeon, but on investiga
t ~3"i"0Ly mas been found that the disc,
..1 seen nothing more nor less than tn
-'D WHO dove (venaidura macroura), or
~ uo'e' Which Is so familiar a bird
~ su' almost impossible that any man
%uIOFSlde could have failed to overlook
~ constant neighbor and could confuse
rher days W p@'''e04 p'e
~ give an example of how the search
.So loF the Wild pigeon and how consci
= ~ ,ue scientists in attempting to verify
- ~" temperance this one instance, take
. rulofed instances, may be noted. Rec,
as sI'' from northern Michigan reached the
~-s VI The Illinois Audubon society tn
4 ~ pigeon in very truth had reap
saa- vicinity of a club house frequent
s'luen and gunners, many of whol
~, '1e pigeon we'll in the old days ar
IA certain that in this case they cou
t,, ,l''''"Aen as to the identity Of the bi
t., " was long Journey to the northern
\, quo house, but an ornithologist unt
,, \. UP believing in his heart that fina
A.. sstSer pigeon had been found, for he
'n;, we men who had made the report ha
NSss s,@I with the bird in the old days al
i ~ anew the appearance of its every f
,sa ,~s END OF the journey he was told tt
h., 'DS We're there and he was led out
M lney proved to be mourning dc
hi :. soN'mon in nearly all parts of Mi
sDo ~, most OF the states of the Union. T
sc co.,,.l0eht was keen, and keener in thi
sro s5 lh's was one report which seer
u, ABOUT It every mark of truth.
shIr nc" l was a boy I knew the wild
i !. wen. It was nothing like as alb
.onsr11" o 0een in the years gone by, bu
sr Iir,, small nocks were seen in the vici
,,rn ..,-pIace in the foothills of the Adir,
Or Inns Inns IN central New York. / am sc
ssr, z,s' ! shot some of the birds before
:5jne ne value Of giving protection to
tace. The mourning dove know 6
1era i'" me English sparrow, and I thin