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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... "
Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of ... - Page 31
by Alfred Russel Wallace - 1889 - 494 lehte
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Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the ..., 3. köide

1819 - 424 lehte
...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...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1821 - 444 lehte
...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...
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., 2. köide

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 380 lehte
...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...
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A New Family Encyclopedia; Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge ...

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1831 - 484 lehte
...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...
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An Outline of the Smaller British Birds

Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1833 - 184 lehte
...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...
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A New Family Encyclopedia, Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge ...

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - 478 lehte
...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...
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An Introduction to the Study of Birds: Or, the Elements of Ornithology, on ...

Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 lehte
...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...
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A New Family Encyclopedia: Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge ...

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1835 - 474 lehte
...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...
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A Compendium of Natural Philosophy: Being a Survey of the Wisdom ..., 1. köide

John Wesley - 1836 - 414 lehte
...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...
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Stories Illustrative of the Instincts of Animals, Their Characters and Habits

Thomas Bingley - 1840 - 236 lehte
...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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