* Carolina Parakeet and Passenger Pigeon

* the Passenger Pigeon of North America

The Passenger Pigeon or Wild Pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ) is an extinct North America bird.

Martha, thought to be the world's last Passenger Pigeon, died on September 1, 1914, at the Cincinnati Zoo.

The Passenger Pigeon is a member of the Columbidae family ( pigeons and doves ) that has been assigned to the genus Ectopistes.

The Passenger Pigeon was able to hybridise with the Eurasian Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decaocto ) in captivity, but the offspring was infertile.

In the 18th century, the Passenger Pigeon in Europe was known to the French as tourtre ; but, in New France, the North American bird was called tourte.

The Passenger Pigeon was larger than a Mourning Dove and had a body size similar to a large Rock Pigeon.

The Passenger Pigeon was a very social bird.

The extinction of the Passenger Pigeon has two major causes: commercial exploitation of pigeon meat on a massive scale and loss of habitat.

" Passenger Pigeon Net, St. Anne's, Lower Canada ".

An often-cited example of coextinction is that of the Passenger Pigeon and its parasitic lice Columbicola extinctus and Campanulotes defectus.

In 1857, a bill was brought forth to the Ohio State Legislature seeking protection for the Passenger Pigeon.

By the mid 1890s, the Passenger Pigeon almost completely disappeared.

The extinction of the Passenger Pigeon aroused public interest in the conservation movement and resulted in new laws and practices which prevented many other species from becoming extinct.

Some have suggested cloning the Passenger Pigeon in the future.

Reports of Passenger Pigeon sightings kept coming in from Arkansas and Louisiana, in groups of tens and twenties, until the first decade of the 20th century.

Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon

On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last known Passenger Pigeon, died in the Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio.

* Songbird Foundation: Passenger Pigeon

* The Extinction Website – Passenger Pigeon

* Passenger Pigeon Society

Passenger levels have increased in the last decade to the level they had been at in the late-1940s.

Mihdhar was also selected by the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System ( CAPPS ), which involved extra screening of his luggage ; however, because Mihdhar did not check any luggage, this had no effect.

Passenger Barbara Olson called her husband, United States Solicitor General Ted Olson, and reported that the plane had been hijacked.

Passenger Barbara Olson called her husband, United States Solicitor General Theodore Olson, and reported that the plane had been hijacked and that the assailants had box cutters and knives.

Passenger Barbara Olson called her husband, United States Solicitor General Theodore Olson, and reported that the plane had been hijacked and that the assailants had box cutters and knives.

At the time, Passenger Pigeons had one of the largest groups or flocks of any animal, second only to the Rocky Mountain locust.

Passenger Barbara Olson called her husband, Theodore Olson, the Solicitor General of the United States, stating the flight had been hijacked and the hijackers had knives and box cutters.

Passenger Barbara Olson called her husband, United States Solicitor General Theodore Olson, and reported that the plane had been hijacked and that the assailants had box cutters and knives.

Passenger services operated across London through the Snow Hill Tunnel from mid-Victorian times until World War I, from when services terminated at Moorgate from the Midland line to the north, and at Holborn Viaduct from the south, at a time when most inner cross-London traffic had been lost to buses and trams.

Passenger service had ceased in the 1930s, and regular freight service ended in the late 1970s.

That was when British Rail ( BR ), Britain's old nationalised railway, had to withdraw its so-called Advanced Passenger Train after only three days of scheduled services.

However, despite the community's loss, a new replica of the VGN's two-story Princeton Passenger Station and Offices had been recently built, the largest such effort in the entire state.

Passenger traffic on the GCR was never heavy, perhaps because it was the last main line to be built, which meant it had difficulty competing against longer-established rivals ( especially the Midland Railway and its terminal St Pancras ) for the lucrative intercity passenger business.

* January 2005: EPIC learned through Freedom of Information Act litigation that the FBI had obtained 257. 5 million Passenger Name Records following 9 / 11, and that the Bureau has permanently incorporated the travel details of tens of millions of innocent people into its law enforcement databases.

Passenger trains have had for a long time a 3-wire version of the Electro-pneumatic brake, which gives seven levels of braking force.

Caroline has or had a number of subsidiary labels including Astralwerks, Gyroscope, Caroline Blue Plate, Rocks the World, Scamp, and Passenger.

Passenger service along the route had been ended by BC Rail a few years earlier due to ongoing losses resulting from deteriorating service.

Passenger levels have since increased to above the level they had been at in the late-1940s.

Michael J. Parker, Centro communications chief during the project definition stage — subsequently Director-General of Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive ( Nexus ) — had stated that Midland Metro would be " highly profitable ".