...over me, I felt a current of air that surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by polemen... perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground, destroyed thousands of birds beneath. . .It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to...

...itself. The Pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses were formed on the branches all round. Here and there...beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every sricfc was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and The Book of Dead Birds confusion. I found it quite...

...almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as...perches gave way under the weight with a crash and, tailing to the ground destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath." So together they fell, bird and tree,...

...the Green River, in the State of Kentucky, "The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses, as large as hogsheads, were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and falling to the ground...

...almost terrifying, sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as...round. Here and there the perches gave way under the crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups...

...almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as...round. Here and there the perches gave way under the crash, and falling to the ground destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups...

...and almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons arrived by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and falling to the ground...

...wonderful and terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, coming in by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses, as large as hogsheads, were formed on every tree, in all directions. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and,...

..." These pigeons," says Audubon, "arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere one above another, and solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around." Solid masses ! remarks our quizzical author, " our European pigeons, in a similar situation,...