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Nest hidden in a hollow tree or under a fallen tree top. Eggs usually 10 

 to 12, of a pinkish buffy brown to white streaked with brown. 



Order COLUMBID^ : Pigeons. 

 Family Columbid.e : Pigeons. 

 Genus Columba. 

 312. Columba fasciata Say. Band-tailed pigeon. Very common. 



Description: Back of neck with a white collar; tail with a broad, two- 

 inch, pale gray band bordered with black above; upper parts, including the 

 head, purplish pink, fading to whitish on belly. Length of bird 16. 



Nest usually on the ground. Eggs usually two, color white. 



Food : The food of these birds in this region is salal berries, salmon- 

 berries, huckleberries, thimbleberries, red elderberries, and other wild 

 berries. 



A flock of these birds had their homes in the Red alder thicket near 

 where I had a potato patch last year. I often worked late in this patch. 

 While at this work my notice was called to this bird's peculiar " hooting." 

 It was a spirited " Hoop-ah-whoo, " and then again a "Whoo-hoo-hoo, 

 whoo-hoo-hoo," followed by an occasional " qhoo-ugh. " 



Genus Zenaidura. 



316. Zenaidura macroura Linn. Mourning dove. Common. 



Order RAPTORES : Birds of Prey. 



Family Falconid^ : Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. 



Genus Aquila. 



849. Aquila chryssetos Linn. Golden eagle. I saw this bird only twice. 



Description: Whole plumage dark brown, except tail, which is blackish 

 and banded with a wide, grayish band. Length of bird 40; extent of width 

 from wing tip to wing tip 7 feet. 



Genus Haliaeetus. 



352. Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linn. Bald eagle. Nests in the region, 



also on the islands, a pair nesting on Destruction island. 



Description: Tail, tail coverts, neck and head snowy white; rest of 

 plumage dark brown to blackish brown. Length 84, extent 7 feet. 



Nest: The nest is composed of a bulky mass of weeds, sticks and vines, 

 also turf, earthy rubbish, and moss and seaweed. Eggs: The eggs are two 

 in number, of a bluish white color. They are each about the size of a goose 

 egg. The young are at first covered with a cream-colored to whitish down 

 which gradually changes into a bluish gray color. 



Genus Falco. 

 365a. Falco peregrinus pealei Ridgw. Peale falcon. Common, nesting on 

 the main land, also on James island, Carrol islet, and Destruction 

 island. 



Description: Head dark slaty, as is also the color of the rest of its upper 

 parts, the tail and back of wings being barred also; chest marked with 

 small black spots of almost tear shape; rest of under parts barred broadly 

 in blackish. Extent of wing from tip to tip 12. 



The nest of this bird is usually on some high cliff. 



375a. Falco columbarius suckleyi Ridgw. Black merlin. Common, nesting 

 on the mainland and on Destruction island. 



Description : Throat white, streaked with black ; rest of under parts 

 blackish with whitish and tawny markings; tail tip whitish marked, rest of 



