THE GAME BREEDER 



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Data in regard to the nesting habits of 

 the. band-tailed pigeon are greatly de- 

 sired. I met two persons, only, in Tilla- 

 mook County who had seen their nests. 

 Mr. A. Biggs told me of seeing "a nest 

 in a vine-maple tree on Sutton Creek 

 some years ago," and his son-in-law 

 says : "I saw two nests placed in alder 

 trees near Tillamook River; both were 

 high up and contained young late in the 

 summer." On May 4, I shot a female 



from which I took a fully developed egg 

 with a soft shell. Several females shot 

 from May 5 to May 10 showed every 

 evidence of breeding. 



The flesh of the band-tailed pigeon is 

 delicious and compares favorably with 

 that of other game birds. The average 

 weight of ten* birds killed in May was 

 three-quarters of a pound each, weighed 

 shortly after being shot. 



Table Showing the Results of Examination of 22 Crops and Stomachs of Band- 

 tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata) From Tillamook, Oregon. 



Collector's 



Date 



t 







No. 



Sex. 



1913 





Crop. 



Stomach — 



1496 



Male 



May 



3 



848 oats 



Partly digested oats 



1498 



Female 



a 



4 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1499 



Female 



a 



4 



65 oats 



Oat hulls 



1500 



Female 



a 



4 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1501 



Male 



it 



4 



85 oats 

 2 wheat 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



1502 



Male 



u 



5 



112 oats 

 1 wheat 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



1503 



Female 



a 



6 



247 oats 



Partly digested oats 



1504 



Female 



a 



6 



Empty 



Few oat hulls 



1505 



Male 



it 



6 



Empty 



Partly digested oats 



1506 



Male 



it 



6 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1511 



Female 



it 



10 



631 oats 



25 wheat 

 1 unidentifiec 

 seed 



Partly digested oats 

 I 



1512 



Male 



ti 



11 



49 oats 



2 unidentifiec 



seeds 



Oat hulls 



1513 



Male 





11 



Empty 



Few oat hulls 



1514 



Female 





11 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1516 



Male 





11 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1518 



Male 





12 



Empty < 



Partly digested oats 



1519 



Male 





12 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1520 



Male 





12 



390 oats 

 19 wheat 



Partly digested oats 



249 



Male 



it 



12 



341 oats 

 3 wheat 

 1 unidentified 

 seed 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



250 



Female 



it 



12 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



251 



Male 



ti 



12 



593 oats 

 3 wheat 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



252 



Female 



a 



12 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



-The Oregon Sportsman. 



