Passenger pigeon (young)
Date23 June 1860
Names
Pope, William, 1811-1902
(artist)
FormatPicture
NotesFrom catalogue, J. Ross Robertson
ornithological collection, water color drawings by William Pope, Toronto:
Toronto Public Library, 1917:
PIGEONS AND DOVES-ORDER XI.-COLUMBAE.
Family Columbidae.
Pigeons and Doves are distributed throughout nearly every temperate and tropical country on the globe, five hundred species being known, of which two occur within our limits. Their plumage is soft and subdued in color, the head small, the wing strong and the flight rapid.
Pigeons and Doves are distributed throughout nearly every temperate and tropical country on the globe, five hundred species being known, of which two occur within our limits. Their plumage is soft and subdued in color, the head small, the wing strong and the flight rapid.
73-(315) PASSENGER PIGEON-Ectoplstes migratorlus-(Young)-
Formerly a very abundant summer resident, occurring in flocks of countless thousands, now practically extinct.
Made June 23, 1860.
Made June 23, 1860.
Medium
DimensionsImage size: 24.5 cm x 34 cm (9 5/8 in. x 13 3/8 in.)
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Object NumberP73-CabIV-Pope-Medium
1827 - 1838
186-?
14 April 1835
1833
1833
1833
1827 - 1838
Approximately 1860