TURTLE-DOVE. 



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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 uny of the 

 European Pigeons by its long wedge-shaped tail. 







