The birds of North AmericaNew York :Published under the auspices of the Natural Science Association of America,1903. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35159567
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
The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birdsWashington, D. C. :National Geographic Society,1918. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13657468
Illustration of a female Passenger Pigeon. 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).Information also on file at Wikimedia Commons.This image is in the public domain, but Flickr does not have a setting for that license--so I have given it the least restrictive Creative Commons License.FCN2P29CA
Specimen of a male Paggenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) in the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Photographed on 22 December 2010.This species is extinct - last seen in 1907.www.inaturalist.org/observations/55751024
Illustration of juvenile (left), male (center), and female (right), Passenger Pigeons. (AAP042CA). I scanned it from the following publication--now in the public domain:Birds of New York (New York State Museum. Memoir 12), Albany: University of the State of New York.Date of publication : 1910-1914Illustration by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927)Information also at Wikimedia Commons.This image is in the public domain, but Flickr does not have a setting for that license--so I have given it the least restrictive Creative Commons License.
Martha the last known passenger pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius, collected September 1, 1914. Twas "Martha", From The Cincinnati Zoo, Most Certainly The Last Of Her Kind. Mounted Skin Cataloged Under USNM 223979. Hall 13 Birds Of The World: Exhibit Case Extinction. Passenger Pigeon. Specimen Number USNM 223979
Martha the last known passenger pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius, collected September 1, 1914. Twas "Martha", From The Cincinnati Zoo, Most Certainly The Last Of Her Kind. Mounted Skin Cataloged Under USNM 223979. Hall 13 Birds Of The World: Exhibit Case Extinction. Passenger Pigeon. Specimen Number USNM 223979
Martha the last known passenger pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius, collected September 1, 1914. Twas "Martha", From The Cincinnati Zoo, Most Certainly The Last Of Her Kind. Mounted Skin Cataloged Under USNM 223979. Hall 13 Birds Of The World: Exhibit Case Extinction. Passenger Pigeon. Specimen Number USNM 223979