 | 1819 - Страниц: 424
...he upwards of forty miles in length. The Pigeons made their first appearance there about the lüth of April, and left it altogether, with their young,...as the young were fully grown, and before they left their nests, numerous parties of the inhabitants, from all parts of the adjacent country, came with... | |
 | 1821 - Страниц: 444
...south direction, was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in length. The pigeons made their first appearance there about...as the young were fully grown, and before they left their nests, numerous parties of the inhabitants, from all parts of the adjacent country, came with... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - Страниц: 380
...nearly a north and south direction ; was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in extent ! In this tract, almost every tree...and left it altogether, with their young, before the 2oth of May. As soon as the young were fully grown, and before they left the nests, numerous parties... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1831 - Страниц: 484
...nearly a north and south direction ; was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in extent ! In this tract almost every tree...pigeons made their first appearance there about the tenth of April, and left it altogether, with their young, before the twenty-fifth of May. " To form... | |
 | Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1833 - Страниц: 184
...woods, in nearly a north and south direction, for several miles in breadth, and was said to be forty miles in extent ! " In this tract almost every tree was furnished with nests, wherever the branches would accommodate them." The description given by the enterprising American naturalist of the pigeon... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - Страниц: 478
...the branches could accommodate them. The pigeons made their first appearance there about the tenth of April, and left it altogether, with their young, before the 25th of May. " To form a rough estimate," continues Mr. Wilson, " of the daily consumption of one of these immense... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - Страниц: 604
...nearly a north and south direction, was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in extent ! In this tract almost every tree...their first appearance there about the 10th of April." Audubon observes, that a hundred nests or more are frequently to be seen on one tree, and that the... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1835 - Страниц: 474
...nearly a north and south direction ; was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in extent. In this tract, almost every tree...pigeons made their first appearance there about the tenth of April, and left it altogether, with their young, before the 25th of May. " To form a rough... | |
 | John Wesley - 1836 - Страниц: 414
...nearly a north and south direction; was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in extent! In this tract, almost every tree...altogether with their young, before the 25th of May." There is no migration of pigeons, or perhaps of any other birds, so wonderful as this of the passenger... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - 1840 - Страниц: 236
...north and south direction, which was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in extent. In this tract almost every tree was...nests wherever the branches could accommodate them. " As soon as the young were fully grown, and before they left the nests, numerous parties of the inhabitants,... | |
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Not far from Shelbyville, in the State of Kentucky, about five years ago, there was one of these breeding places, which stretched through the woods in nearly a north and south direction ; was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty... 
