FAMILY ColumhidcB 



tree. The eggs are seven to thirteen in 

 number, varying from white to buff in color, 

 stained with brown. 



FAMILY COLUMBIDM; PIGEONS AND 

 DOVES 



Band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata 

 fasciata 15.50 



Distribution: Western North America 

 from British Columbia south over the United 

 States and most of Mexico, and from the 

 Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. It is 

 common in the coast counties of California, 

 Oregon and Washington and in the interior 

 valleys west of the Cascades. 



The band-tailed pigeon is the "wild 

 pigeon " of the west, and with the exception of 

 the mourning dove is the only representative 

 found in northwestern North America of 

 about eighty species that are found in the 

 western hemisphere. It is often reported by 

 amateurs as the passenger pigeon, which has 

 been extinct for many years. The latter had 

 a wedged-shaped tail and the underparts 

 were a rich reddish chestnut. In appearance 

 it strongly resembled the mourning dove, 

 especially in its rapid whistling flight. The 

 band-tailed pigeon strongly resembles the 

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