Show NEST OF PASSENGER PIGEON immense numbers num bers of birds congre gate in breed ng places the mode of building adopted by the passenger pas passer ger pigeon is worthy orthy of a son what detailed description of the bird itself we need only remark that it is remarkable remar katle for its speed and range of flight and for the immense Lurn Ders which congregate in each favorite breeding place it is rather larger than the common sized pigeon and its fc feathers athers lie very flat and even these pigeons always breed in the trees frequently occupying a lery cry considerable area from their habit of building a kind of flooring of small twigs and roots on the branches to IQ serve as a nest they are clas aed among the platform builders they can hardly be called tropical birds birdso for or they range northward as tar far as the extreme boundaries of canada on the other hand they range south ward as far as the gulf of mexico As many as a hundred birds will con their platforms in a single tree and as they not uncommonly spread through a wood of twenty miles in length and four or five in breadth the reader can imagine what ayi myriads NIA u s will be gathered together toe ether in a single breeding place |