THE BAND TAIL PIGEON, COLUMBA EA SCI ATA. 



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gentle nature has shielded from a wider 

 recognition, but those who know him best 

 will always cherish the lesson that such a 

 life as his can teach; and to the generation 

 of younger sportsmen who are growing up 

 among us, its influence will be a stimulus 

 toward standards in sport that will com- 

 mand a general respect. 



To see this man in his home, surrounded 

 by the trophies of many shooting trips; to 

 see the portraits of his well-loved dogs, to 

 see the moisture in his eyes as he recounts 

 their virtues and the achievements of other 

 days; to feel the spirit of his refined and 



loving nature move toward all creation, is 

 to know that here indeed is a man whose 

 place among us is with the best. 



Probably this photograph means much 

 to him as a reminder of days gone by — of 

 days with dogs who have preceded him to 

 the unknown country; days of healthy out- 

 door sport with good companions and the 

 thousand incidents which fill the memory 

 of a sportsman. To those others of us who 

 look upon it, it should mean much also, as 

 it crystallizes, for all time, the face and 

 figure of a true sportsman and a true gen- 

 tleman. 



THE BANDTAIL PIGEON, COLUMBA FASCIA TA. 



DAVID BRUCE. 



The Bandtail Pigeon is a true Western 

 species, being found from the Rocky moun- 

 tains to the Pacific Coast In Colorado it 

 is found in the Canons, from 7,000 feet to 



nearly 10,000 feet elevation, nesting on 

 pines in small colonies. It is by no means 

 a wild or timorous bird, where not perse- 

 cuted, and I have frequently walked under 



the trees where they were resting, without 

 disturbing them in the least. 



They feed on acorns and berries, also on 

 roots and leaves. They are especially par- 

 tial to wild gooseberries, jumping up from 

 the ground in a comical way to pick them 

 from the bushes. 



This bird is often confounded, by sports- 

 men, with the true wild pigeon — which is 

 not found in the Rocky mountains at all. 

 The white patch on back of neck and the 

 squarely cut tail, with the median dark 

 band, ought to sufficiently distinguish the 

 Western species. 



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Copyright, 1898, by O'Keefe & Stockdorf. 

 A GOODLY BUNCH OF MULE DEER. 



The Chaplain ■ — Ah, my friend, rum- 

 brought you here, of course! I, too, used 

 to drink, but for 10 years not a drop of 

 liquor has passed my lips 



The Convict — 'Scuse me, pard; I don't 

 want to hear no hard luck story now. I've 

 got troubles of me own. — Life. 



