362 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Mr. Nuttall states that this Pigeon is always in flocks, and in Oregon keeps 

 only in the tliick forests of the Columbia and the Wahlamet, and during the 

 summer is more particularly abundant in the alluvial groves of the latter 

 river, where he constantly heard its cooing, and saw it in large flocks, 

 feeding on the berries of the elder, the Cornus nuttalli, and the seed-germs 

 and young pods of the balsam poplar. Its call is somewhat similar to that 

 of the Carolina Dove, but is readily distinguishable, is uttered at the usual 

 intervals, and is repeated an hour or two at a time, chiefly in the morning 

 and evening. It remains on the lower part of the Columbia nearly the 

 whole year, feeding on the berries of the tree cornel, moving south only in 

 the severity of winter. 



Mr. Salvin found this Pigeon at Volcan de Fuego, in Guatemala, at an ele- 

 vation of six thousand feet, and at Coban. It was quite common in the high 

 forests of the Volcano. 



Dr. Woodhouse met with small flocks of these Pigeons in different parts 

 of New Mexico, and especially in the San Francisco Mountains, now in- 

 cluded within the limits of Arizona. 



This species was found at Los Nogales, in Mexico, July, 1855, by Dr. 

 Kennerly, and at New Leon by Lieutenant Couch. Dr. Kennerly states 

 that these beautiful birds were often observed in the valleys of the Santa 

 Cruz and Los Nogales Elvers, as well as among the oaks on the adjacent 

 hills. In the month of June they were found in small flocks of four or five, 

 rarely more. When flying, the wings often caused a flapping noise, simi- 

 lar to that made by the domestic Pigeon. 



Dr. Newberry, in his Pteport on the zoology of Colonel Williamson's route, 

 states tliat he met with this Pigeon at several points of his journey. He 

 speaks of it as an attractive bird, about the size and with many of the habits 

 of the domestic Pigeon. At McCumbers, northeast of Fort Pleading, the 

 first individual was seen and kiUed by one of his party. In that region they 

 were not rare, and during the season of acorns they subsist on those of the 

 scrub-oak, which abounds in that vicinity. On the Columbia they were seen 

 in pairs, and near the Dalles might readily be mistaken for domestic doves. 



Dr. Suckley found this Pigeon a very common bird in Washington Terri- 

 tory, especially west of the Cascade Mountains. He saw but a single flock 

 containing five individuals east of those mountains. In 1856, the first birds 

 of this species that arrived in the spring made their appearance about the 

 15th of May, which he found to be their customary time of arrival. One or 

 two individuals were first seen, and within two or three days thereafter the 

 main body of the migration followed. A small number remained tlirough- 

 out the summer to breed, the rest proceeded farther north. Those that 

 remained generally made their nests in the thick fir forests near water. Dur- 

 ing the summer they subsisted on wild cherries and other berries, and later 

 in the season, in the settled parts of the country, on grain. About the first 

 week in September large flocks congregated on the stubble-fields in the 



