(S (S (BASENP (DT The) (NNS birds)) (VP (VP (VBD inhabited) (NP (BASENP (DT a) (JJ wide) (NN swath)) (PP (IN of) (NP (BASENP (JJ American) (NNS bottomlands)) (CC and) (BASENP (NN mountain) (NN pine) (NNS forests)))))) (PP (IN until) (NP (BASENP (DT the) (JJR latter) (NN part)) (PP (IN of) (BASENP (DT the) (NNS 1800s))))))) (PERIOD .))