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PASSENGER-PIGEONS. 



PASSENGER-PIGEONS. 



Flights of locusts are often seen passing through the air, 

 like vast clouds, obscuring the sky. The passenger-pigeon of 

 America appears in almost equal numbers. The accounts of 



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their vast nights would be incredible, were they not thoroughly 

 well authenticated. 



They are beautiful birds ; the males being about sixteen 

 inches in length, the females slightly smaller, and usually of 



