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THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



Data in regard to the nesting habits of the band-tailed pigeon 

 are greatly desired. I met two persons, only, in Tillamook 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 







No. 



Sex. 



1913 





Crop. 



Stomach — 



1496 



Male 



May 



3 



848 oats 



Partly digested oats 



1498 



Female 



tt 



4 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1499 



Female 



" 



4 



65 oats 



Oat hulls 



1500 



Female 



«( 



4 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1501 



Male 



tt 



4 



85 oats 

 2 wheat 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



1502 



Male 



tt 



5 



112 oats 

 1 wheat 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



1503 



Female 



ft 



6 



247 oats 



Partly digested oats 



1504 



Female 



it 



6 



Empty 



Few oat hulls 



1505 



Male 



tt 



6 



Empty 



Partly digested oats 



1506 



Male 



a 



6 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1511 



Female 



tt 



10 



631 oats 

 25 wheat 

 1 unidentified 

 seed 



Partly digested oats 



i 



1512 



Male 



<< 



11 



49 oats 



2 unidentified 



seeds 



Oat hulls 



1513 



Male 



tt 



11 



Empty 



Few oat hulls 



1514 



Female 



tt 



11 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1516 



Male 



it 



11 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1518 



Male 



it 



12 



Empty 



Partly digested oats 



1519 



Male 



it 



12 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



1520 



Male 



tt 



12 



390 oats 

 19 wheat 



Partly digested oats 



249 



Male 



<< 



12 



341 oats 

 3 wheat 

 1 unidentified 

 seed 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



250 



Female 



<< 



12 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



251 



Male 



tt 



12 



593 oats 

 3 wheat 



Partly digested oats and hulls 



252 



Female 



it 



12 



Empty 



Oat hulls 



