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Definition of Band-tailed pigeon
1. Noun. Wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon.
Generic synonyms: Pigeon
Group relationships: Columba, Genus Columba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Band-tailed Pigeon
Literary usage of Band-tailed pigeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"The history of game destruction in Colorado is a band-tailed pigeon Often Mistaken
for the Passenger Pigeon. The rapid Slaughter of this Species has Alarmed ..."
2. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"Mounted specimen of Band.tailed Pigeon, left; Passenger Pigeon, center; and
Mourning Dove, right. (Photograph by Prof. CF Hodge. ..."
3. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"band-tailed pigeon. — Columba fasciata. FAMILY : The Pigeons, or Doves. Length:
15.00-16.00. Adult Male: Upper parts grayish brown, browner on the back, ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"WELLS W. COOKE, Biological Survey, Washington, DC The band-tailed pigeon ...
The band-tailed pigeon referred to was shot by me on the evening of June 2nd in ..."
5. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"Undoubtedly, the band- tailed pigeon through the ages has had but few enemies.
... In early days the band-tailed pigeon, like the eastern bird, was supposed ..."
6. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"The bird as described differs from the band-tailed pigeon in being a trifle
smaller; the tail band ID wanting, or only faintly indicated; the ground color ..."
7. The Condor by Cooper Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Club (1899)
"WWW band-tailed pigeon Nesting in Santa Clara County, Cal. During the last four
years I have found two nests of the band-tailed pigeon, both in Santa Clara ..."
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