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appearing in one section of country, and then quit- 
ting it for an absence of years. Its plumage, though 
plain, is beautifully 
varied on the neck: 
and shoulders with 
glossy feathers, re- 
flecting in different 
lights the resplend- 
ent colors of the rain- 
bow. 
The Carolina Dove 
is another very abun- 
dant species, being 
found in the breed- 
ing season in nearly 
every part of the 
Union. They do not, 
= : © however,like the Pas- 
Passenger Pizeon. senger Pigeon, as- 
semble in large flocks, seldom being known to con- 
gregate in greater numbers than two or three hundred 
together, and that only during the period of migra- 
tion. So very common and familiar are these birds, 
that it is difficult to take a ride of many miles into 
the country without meeting with them along the 
road-side, always flying in pairs, keeping some dis- 
tance ahead of your vehicle, and now and then alight- 
ing in the middle of the road to search for food or 
to dust themselves. Thus you may follow them for 
some distance, until they suddenly wheel off into an 
adjoining field or wood. Their flight is very swift, 
