480 BAND-TAILED PIGEON. 
Parrot, and many may be killed at a single discharge of the fowling- 
piece. The flesh is tender and juicy, and therefore fine eating.” 
Mr Norraut has favoured me with an equally interesting no- 
tice “This large and fine Pigeon, always moving about in flocks, 
keeps in Oregon only in the thick forests of the Columbia and the 
Wahlamet, and during the summer is more particularly abundant in 
the alluvial groves of the latter river, where throughout that season 
we constantly heard their cooing. or witnessed the swarming flocks 
feeding on the berries of the elder tree, those of the Great Cornel 
(Cornus Nuttalli), or, before the ripening of berries, on the seed-germs 
or the young pods of the Balsam poplar. The call of this species is 
somewhat similar to that of the Carolina Dove, but is readily distin- 
guishable, sounding like a double suppressed syllable, as  *koo, h *koo, 
h *koo, h*koo, uttered at the usual intervals, and repeated an hour or 
two at a time, chiefly in the morning and evening. They are said to 
breed on the ground, or in the low bushes, but I did not find the nest, 
although I saw the birds feeding around every day near Watpatoo 
Island. During the whole of this time they keep in flocks, either in 
the poplars or elder bushes, and on being started, sweep about like 
flocks of domestic pigeons, soon returning to their fare, when they 
feed in silence, keeping a strict watch for intruders. They remain 
on the lower part of the Columbia nearly the whole year, late in the 
season (October and November) feeding mostly on the berries of the 
Tre. Cornel, but still they seem to migrate some distance to the south, 
as the severity of the winter approaches.” 
Cotumpsa Fasc1aTa, Say, in Long’s Exped. to Rocky Mountains, vol. ii. p. 10. 
Banp-TAILED Preron, Cotumsa Fascrata, Ch. Bonaparte, Amer. Ornith. pl. viii, 
fig. 3, vol. i. p. 77. 
Cotumepa FascraTa, Bonap. Synops. p. 119. 
Banp-tatLep Piceon, Nuttall, Manual, vol. i. p. 64. 
Adult Male. Plate CCCLXVII. Fig. 1. 
Bill straight, rather short, slender, compressed ; upper mandible 
with a tumid fleshy covering at the base, where it is straight in its 
dorsal outline, convex towards the end, with a sharp-edged, declinate, 
rather obtuse tip; lower mandible with the angle long and pointed, 
