BAND-TAILED PIGEON—Family Columbidae. 
312. Columba fascial a. 16 inches. 
This large species may he recognized by the white crescent 
on the back of the neck, by the broad gray band; bordered 
with black at the end of tail. Back, near the neck, brownish 
shading into a gray nearer the tail. Head and neck of irides¬ 
cent colors, very changeable in different positions. They are 
very abundant on the mountain ranges, sometimes in immense 
flocks. They feed on grain, wild berries and acorns, and are 
found mostly in the oak and pine woods. 
Nest. —Is a rude platform of sticks, just enough to barely 
keep in place the single white egg (rarely two) which they 
lay (1.55x1.10). 
Range. —The Rocky Mountains and westward to the Pacific, 
from British Columbia to Mexico. 
MOURNING DOVE. 
316. Zenaidura macroura carotin crisis. 12 inches. 
Now that the Passenger Pigeon has become extinct, this 
is the only one to be found nearly all over the United States, 
and is common in the southern, central and western parts. 
Nests are placed at low elevations in the trees. Two white 
eggs (1.15 x .80). 
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