...and sat down to observe them. It was then half past one. I sat for more than an hour, but, instead of a diminution of this prodigious procession, it seemed...seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding place, which, by several gentlemen, who had lately passed through part of it, was stated to...

...continued to pass for six or eight minutes, and these again were followed by 202 PASSENGER PIGEON. other detached bodies, all moving in the same southeast...seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding place, which, by several gentlemen, who had lately passed through part of it, was stated to...

...before night, I rose and went on. About four o'clock in the afternoon, I crossed the Kentucky river, — at which time the living torrent above my head seemed...seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding place, which was known to extend to several miles. I crossed this breeding place soon after,...

...Frankfort, at which time the living torrent above my head seemed as numerous and as extensive as ever ; and long after this, I observed them in large bodies that...seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding place, which, by several gentlemen who had lately passed through part of it, was stated to...

...mighty multitnde preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of then- breeding place, which, by several gentlemen who had lately passed...through part of it, was stated to me at several miles. Now, if we suppose this column to have been one mile in breadth (and I believe it to have been much...

...followed by other detached bodies, all moving in the same south-east direction, till after six o'clock in the evening. The great breadth of front which this...through part of it, was stated to me at several miles." After a few additional observations, our author proceeds to give a rough estimate of the numbers of...

...six or eight minutes, and these again were followed by other detached bodies, all moving in the -ame south-east direction, till after six in the evening....seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding place, which, by several gentlemen, who had lately passed through part of it, was stated to...

...these again were followed by tther detached bodies, all moving in the same south-east direction, till six in the evening. The great breadth of front which...miles. It was said to be in Green county, and that the yonng began to fly about the middle of March. On the 17th of April, forty-nine miles beyond Danville,...

...in the afternoon I crossed Kentucky River, at the town of 12 BIRDS; OR, RECREATIONS IN ORNITHOLOGY. Frankfort, at which time the living torrent above...mighty multitude preserved, would seem to intimate я corresponding breadth of their breedingplace, which, by several gentlemen, who had Utely passed...

...or eight minutes, and these again were followed by other detached bodies, all moving in the ваше southeast direction till after six in the evening....front which this mighty multitude preserved, would eeem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breedingplace, which, by several gentlemen, who had...