The Passenger Pigeon
- ISBN-10
- 089686457X
- ISBN-13
- 9780896864573
- Series
- The Passenger Pigeon
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Crestwood House
- Author
- Susan D. Morrison
Description
Discusses the history of the passenger pigeon, which at one time made up one-quarter of the birds of America but is now extinct.
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