Show dixie forest notes Illi lilic etenson Il supervisor of tin the dixie lio national forest reports alint somal several interesting anten sting letters anc been received by forest ollard oscar deming at oak grove campground amul pertaining to tit the enna pigeon one of the most stilie and one that sheds ad light on oil the distribution 0 of f birds in fit southern hou thein utah euid ellid particularity on tho the dixie national borc foupht st WIM was receive from dr dl Cluni Clarc ice tico Cotta cottain iii of the burbatt of survey tit at washington D 0 mr Cott cottam lini is it a native of washington county and Is deeply filter C sted lit in tile study of utah orl uthol ogy agy tito following information on oil the birds Is taken front from mr air Cott contains ains letter the band tailed pigeon is rarely found in ill utah however there nrc are it few records for this bird tor for the state and 11 nd I 1 believe you may be lit in tart sted in ili knowing of some of these tl mr johnson johnsoa of utah county ro reported ported finding a nest in ili 1897 ills his Is contained in ili tile the osprey vol 1 P 11 the A U 0 chek list refers to tile the bird in ili the as also does mr glenshaw in ills popular article published it in tin national in ill 1915 on oil june 20 1035 seth ilenson it 11 at navajo mountain Mount nin in ili july 1030 1930 ono one was killed tit nt statina ilenna utah by a sharp hawk it was one from a flock both the hawk and the pigeon I 1 fire are now in tile collection at the university of utah mr pregnall of zion xion park reports seeing a number of birds lit in 1931 1934 also a el citizen tizell of pine valley utah described ed the bird to me while I 1 was thero there on a visit last summer and I 1 am quite convinced that there was MI it a flock of birds there mi cottoms Cot tams tanis letter Is indeed valuable nl nille in ili furthering file study of the birds and other additional information on oil them from any ally sonar would be greatly pot il by 1 forest guard oscar deming nt lit oak bioc rove ills post office addrel is and utah |