THE BAND-TAILED PIGEON 
f his chosen tower; and here, by the exercise of sharp 
hearing, he may feel a measure of security from the 
is come to such a pass, however, that the shot-gun 1s 
the ind the older birds are all too familar wit! 
In the pre sumed absence 
these 
of enemies Pigeons 
: ol ca, cert wat neo ; 
induige in ioud coomg, no 
1 ‘ ’ 
unlike that of the domestic 
*t\ In the 
langer they sit very 
pi esence 
; 
so successful 
1 spite r s eu a 
gant statements trie part 
or the ] er ¢ xpl rers, they 
were iver compat ible to 
i e East Suckle nce saw a thousand birds in a 
I cks were ep Le tro the settled p rtions of 
lt { 17 t ll be seer CCAS nally in the 
( r twent ( iduals are re nearly the rule 
nuch less common than tor ier] SAVE n the less fre 
