THE PIGEON. 



Passenger Pigeon. 



The powers of flight of the Passenger Pigeon is almost incredible. It is a native of America, and over- 

 spreads the country in countless myriads during the breeding seasons. Pigeons have been killed in New 

 York with Carolina rice still in their crops. As their digestion is remarkably rapid, these birds must have 

 flown between thiee and four hundred miles in six hours, giving an average speed of a- mile per minute. 

 Not far from Shelbyville, Kentucky, some years ago, there was a breeding place, in the woods, several 

 miles in breadth, and said to I rch of fart?/ miles ineztent! 





Passenger Pigeon. 



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