238 COLUMBIDA, 
Toliman (Richardson 18); Nicaragua, Matagalpa, San Rafael ‘del Norte 
(Richardson 38). 
The Band-tailed Pigeon is resident in Arizona, New Mexico, and North-western 
Texas; but in the Pacific States of North America and British Columbia it is a 
summer visitor only, and it is of irregular occurrence in the States eastward of the Rocky 
Mountains. 
In Mexico the species is widely distributed in the mountain-districts, and we found it 
at Coban, and on the Volcan de Fuego in Guatemala at an elevation of about 6000 feet. 
It does not appear to have been recorded from farther south than Nicaragua. 
The nest, built of twigs, is usually placed on branches of oak-trees, but is said to be 
occasionally found upon the ground. In Arizona but one egg is laid, while in Mexico 
there are usually two. The food consists of berries and acorns, and the presence of 
oak-forests widely affects the distribution of the species, since where acorns exist 
C. fasciata congregates in thousands. 
7. Columba crissalis. 
Chlorenas albilinea (nec Gray), Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 185'; Cab. J. £. Orn. 1869, p. 211°; 
vy. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 370°. 
Columba albilinea, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 2174; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 127°; 
Cherrie, Auk, 1892, p. 328°. 
Columba albilineata, Boucard, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 437; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 498 °. 
Columba crissalis, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. pp. 245, 294°. - 
Columba albilinea crissalis, Bangs, Pr. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii. p. 23”. 
©. fasciate similis, sed undique obscurior, tectricibus alarum majoribus et minoribus dorso nec uropygio 
concoloribus. (Descr. maris exempl. typ. ex Rancho Redondo, Costa Rica. Mus. nostr.) . 
Hab. Costa Rica}, Rancho Redondo® (Carmiol), Mojon, San Juan (v. Frantzius *), 
~-Volean de Irazu (Boucard ", Cherrie ®), Cot (Nutting *), San José, Alajuela (Zeledon °, 
Cherrie ®), La Carpentera, El Berilla, El Salitrillo, Tres Rios, Azahar de Cartago, 
Estrella, Cedral de Candelaria, Carrillo (Underwood, in litt.); Panama, Volcan de ~ 
Chiriqui, Chitra, Boquete de Chitra, Calovevora, Calobre (Arcé* ®, Brown }°). 
This Pigeon differs from C. fasciata in having the anterior upper wing-coverts dark 
grey, being uniform with the scapulars. In this respect C. crissalis resembles C. albilinea 
of Colombia and Ecuador, but the abdomen and under tail-coverts are whitish (instead 
of dark) grey °. 
C. crissalis is confined to Central America, and is found from Costa Rica to Panama. 
In the former country it is by no means plentiful on the low ground, and but a single 
specimen was obtained by Mr. Nutting near Cot®. Mr. Cherrie ® records the species as 
not uncommon on the summit of the Volcano of Irazu, at 13,000 feet, and M. Boucard 7 
met with it at a lower altitude in flocks of ten or twelve, feeding upon seeds and coming 
from all directions to drink at a spring of mineral water near Desamparados '. 
