...breadth of the body was also very considerable — several miles, as was also their new breeding-place. It was said to be in Green County, and that the young...miles beyond Danville, and not far from Green River (continues Mr. Wilson), I crossed this same breeding-place, where the nests, for more than three miles,...

...front which this mighty multitnde preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of then- breeding place, which, by several gentlemen who had...through part of it, was stated to me at several miles. Now, if we suppose this column to have been one mile in breadth (and I believe it to have been much...

...mighty multitude preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding-place, which, by several gentlemen who had lately passed...through part of it, was stated to me at several miles." After a few additional observations, our author proceeds to give a rough estimate of the numbers of...

...six or eight minutes, and these again were followed by other detached bodies, all moving in the -ame south-east direction, till after six in the evening....young began to fly about the middle of March. On the l7th of April, forty-nine miles beyond Danville, and not far from Green river, I crossed this same...

...mighty multitude preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding-place, which, by several gentlemen who had lately passed...and not far from Green River, I crossed this same breeding-place, where the nests for more than three miles spotted every tree ; the leaves not being...

...mighty multitude preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding-place, which, by several gentlemen who had lately passed...miles. It was said to be in Green county, and that the yonng began to fly about the middle of March. On the 17th of April, forty-nine miles beyond Danville,...

...mighty multitude preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding-place, which, by several gentlemen who had lately passed...forty-nine miles beyond Danville, and not far from Green Biver, I crossed this same breeding -place, where the nests for more than three miles spotted every...

...mighty multitude preserved, would eeem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breedingplace, which, by several gentlemen, who had lately passed...through part of it, was stated to me at several miles." According to the rough estimate of this close observer, the number of birds in this flock amounted...

...mighty multitude preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadth of their breeding-place, which, by several gentlemen, who had lately passed...through part of it, was stated to me at several miles." Wilson then enters into a rough calculation of the numbers of this mass, and he comes to the conclusion...

...Frankfort, at which time the living torrent above my head seemed as numerous and as extensive as ever. The great breadth of front which this mighty multitude...through part of it, was stated to me at several miles." A few observations on the mode of flight of these birds must not be omitted. . " The appearance of...