The extinct passenger pigeon
- Title
- The extinct passenger pigeon
- LC Subject
- Pigeons
- Repository
- Oregon State University. Libraries
- Creator
- Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
- Description
- Manuscript detailing the vanishing of the passenger pigeon in America. The author infers that the factor that led to their decline is that they nested in large colonies, making them easy prey for hunters looking to sell them. The document emphasizes that the loss of this bird echoes the need for improvement when it comes to wildlife conservation.
- Work Type
- manuscripts (documents) typescripts
- Date
- 1930/1939
- Identifier
- mssfinley_series01_box02_folder04_70
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley)
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
- Primary Set
- Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
- Is Part Of
- Series 1: Manuscripts; Box 2, folder 7: Manuscripts: Typescripts, circa 1930s
- Institution
- Oregon State University