“TURTLE-DOVE. 415 
the Northern States of America and Canada, as far north as lat. 65°. 
In the Southern States it is comparatively a rare bird, and is only 
known occasionally to reach the Pacific. Wilson’s account of the enormous 
numbers in which they collect to roost and to breed, and the immense 
flocks in which they wander in search of food, will be well known to 
most of our readers. It may at once be distinguished from any of the 
European Pigeons by its long wedge-shaped tail. 
