Show M marked resemblance the mourning dove looks so BO much like the extinct passenger pigeon that reports are constantly being circulated that the vanished birds bird have ve been seen in color and concur cur there is a marked resemblance the extinct pigeon and the mourning dove look very much alike in one respect they are the only native american doves with long pointed tails all others have square tails for many years the U S biological survey sent ornithologists to to investigate reports of the extinct passenger pigeon having been seen nothing ever came of these investigations gat ions |