Show marked resemblance the mourning dove looks so much 1 like ik the extinct passenger pigeon that reports are constantly being circulated that the vanished birds bird have been seen in color and conour concur 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 pointed tails tails all others have square tails for many years the U S biological survey sent ornithologists to investigate reports of the extinct passenger pigeon having been seen nothing ever came of these investigations gat ions |