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rock pigeon

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a migratory wild pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, which appeared in immense flocks during August up to the late 19th century, becoming extinct by 1914.

See: passenger pigeon

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1846

Rock pigeons are sometimes very numerous in Canada.