COLUMB^E : PIGEONS, ETC. 



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FIG. 217. 



Wild Pigeon, Ectopistes migratoria, Swainsoii. 



night. 



Sometimes, in their migrations, they fill the air 

 like a cloud, and thus continue to pass for a whole day, 

 and even for two or three successive days ! The nest is 

 built on a tree, and is composed of a few dry sticks and 

 twigs, and more than a hundred nests are sometimes 

 placed on a single tree. 



SUB-SECTION VII. 

 THE ORDER OF GALLUP, OR PHEASANTS, ETC. 



THE birds included in the order of Gallinte from the 

 Latin gallus, a cock have the bill short, stout, and hard ; 

 the legs rather long ; the hind toe in most cases more or 

 less elevated ; and the toes connected at their base by a 



