Show RARE GAME BIRD FOUND ON DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST according to word received from forest guard oscar deming who is a wild lite life management major from the tha utah state stale agricultural college a small flock ot of band tall tail ed pigeons are nesting in the dixie national forest at the oak grove camp ground around 9 miles west of leeds utah forest supervisor blaine betenson Be said these birds were on the verge of 0 extinction on their natural range on tho the pacific coast a few years ago and as tar far as can call be ascertained thero there Is no authentic record that the bird has ever been found in utah mr carl caldwell of leeds utah has seen a few ot of these birds bird at the danish ranch pine valley and oak grove camp grounds lor for the past 6 years but until now has had a difficult time to convince other people of his discovery forbat guard deming and mr caldwell have been making a careful study of the birds tor for the past month and claim they have definitely established their identity as columbia Fas clata which Is the scientific name of the typical band tailed pigeon the supervisor said these birds are as large as the domesticated pigeon are slate colored on the head and back and are conspicuously marked with a white present cresent on the neck and when flying by a hand band on the tip of their broad square tails along the pacific coast from southern california to puget sound during the days of their greatest abundance they were highly valued as a game bird and were ruthlessly slaughtered by the thousands protection Is now saving these birds from the same death that befell their ill fated cousin the passenger pigeon these birds are located on a state stale game came preserve and every effort will be made to protect them and foster their increase in dixie |