THE PASSENGER PIGEON". 



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are of a gross y, variable purple. The fore part of the neck and breast 

 arc vinaceous ; and the under parts are of a similar color, but paler. 

 The tail is tolerably long. The legs are red, and the claws black. 

 Passenger Pigeons visit in enormous flocks, the different parts of 



North America. In the southern provinces their numbers depend 

 greatly on the mildness or severity of the season : for in very mild 

 weath sr few or none of them are to be seen. Actuated by necessity, 

 they change their situation in search of acorns, mast, and berries whicl* 



