n02 NORTH AMHi;i(U\ lUHDS. 



jMr. Nuttall states that this rigcon is always in lldcks, and in Oregon kueps 

 (inly in tiic thifk Inicsts ol'tiic Ciluniliia and the Wahlami't, and dniing lliu 

 suninicr is uunv jiartiiulaily alaindant in the alhnial gnivt's ol' tiu' la'tiT 

 river, where he ('(inslaiilly hi'ard its cdding, and saw it in large llucks, 

 feeding (in tiie Ijcrries dl' tiie eider, tiui Ctiriu's ini//((//i, and ihe see(l-gernis 

 uiul yuiuig ])(ids (if till' lialsani iMijiiar. Its call is simiewhat similar to that 

 of the Camlina Dove, hut is readily distinguisiialile, is nltt'red at the usual 

 intervals, and is repeated an hmir (ir twn at a lime, ehielly in the nmrning 

 and evening. It remains on the lower jiart of tiie Cnlumiiia nearly tiie 

 whole year, feeding on tlie lierries ni' the tree cunud, moving soutii only in 

 the severity of winter. 



'Slv. Salvia found this I'igeou at Volcan di' Kiiego, in (luateniala.at an ele- 

 vation of six thousand feet, and at Coiian. it was (|uite common in the high 

 forests of the Volcano. 



Dr. NVoodliouse met with small flocks of tliese Pigeons in diiferent jiarts 

 of New ^le.xico, and especially in tlie San Francisco Mountains, now in- 

 cluded witiiin the limits of Arizona. 



Tiiis species Mas found at I.os Xogales. in ^Mexico, .Inly, 185;"), hy I)r. 

 Keinierly, and at New Leon hy Lieutenant Couch. Dr. Kennerly states 

 that these lieautii'ul liirds Winv often oliservcd in the valleys of tlie Santa 

 Cruz and Los Xogales Jiivers, as well as among the oaks on tiu; adjacent 

 hills. Jn the niontli of June they were found in small flocks of four or five, 

 rarely more. When flying, the wings ofte!i caused a Ihqiping noise, simi- 

 lar to that made liy the domestic Tigeon. 



Dr. Ne wherry, in his Itejiort on tlie /.oology of Colonel Williamson's route, 

 states that he met with this Pigeon at several ])oints of his journey. He 

 speaks of it as an attractive hird, aliout the size and with many of the lialiits 

 of th(> domestic i'igeon. At McCumliers, northeast of Fort Heading, the 

 first individual was .seen and killed liy one of his ]iarty. In that region they 

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

 scrul)-oak, which alioiinds in that vicinity. On the ('(dundiia they were seen 

 in ]iairs, and near the !)alles might readily be mistaken for domestic doves. 



])r. Suckley found lliis Pigeon a very common hird in A\'asliington Terri- 

 tory, es]iecially west of the Cascade Mountains. He saw Imt a single flock 

 containing five individuals east of those mountains. In IS.'if), the first birds 

 of this s]iecies that arrived in the spring made their ap])earance about the 

 l."itli of ^hiy, whicli he found to li(> their customary time of arrival. One or 

 two individuals were first ,s(>en, and within two or three days thereafter the 

 main body of the migration followed. A small numlier remained through- 

 out the summer to breed, the rest proceeded I'arthi'r nortli. Those that 

 remained gener.dly made their nosts in the tiiick fir forests near water. Dur- 

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

 in tlie S(!ason, in tlie setthid parts of tiie country, on grain. About the first 

 week iu September large flocks congregated on the stubble-lields in the 



