Male Passenger Pigeon (illustration)

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Male Passenger Pigeon. This is just about my favorite illustration of this species. I scanned it from the following publication--now in the public domain:Source: Orthogenetic Evolution in the PigeonsDate of publication: 1920Author: Hayashi and Toda (artists), Charles Otis Whitman (author). The particular artist for each plate was not credited in this work--just at the beginning. Some research would likely reveal who "Hayashi" and "Toda" were.Information also on file at Wikimedia Commons.Ectopistes_migratoriusMCN2P28CA