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NORTH AMKKICAN BIRDS. 



the sides and flanks, faintest on tlie jugulum, obsolete on throat. Primaries and lining 

 of wing mostly deep chestnut ; axillars blaok ; lateral tail-feather with tlie terminal half 



•wliite, on both webs ; second and third feathers with 

 a gradually decreasing amount of white. Sexes similar. 

 Young similar, but feathers faintly mottled, and mark- 

 ings less sharply defined. Wing, 3.75 ; tail, 4.40 ; 

 culmcn, .47 ; tarsus, .57 ; middle toe, .58. Female a 

 Utile smaller. 



Had. Rio Grande Valley, south to Guatemala. 

 Arizona (Tucson, Bendire); Oaxaca (Sol. 1859, 391, 

 eggs); Cordova (185G, 300); Guatemala (Ibis I, 223)'; 

 Honduras (Taylor, Ibis, II, 227); City of Mexico (Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 18G4, 178.) 



ScdTdafella inca. 



Specimens from Nicaragua to Texas and 

 Mazutlaii do not vary ajipreciably. 



Habits. Our iul'onuation in regard to the distribution and habits of this 

 species is quite incomplete. It was met with near Cadereita, in the State 

 of New Leon, Mexico, by Lieutenant Couch, who procured a specimen April 

 18, 1853. 



It was also found in flocks in company witli Chamwpclia rufipennis, near 

 San Pedro and Peten, Honduras, by Leyland. Mr. Salvin met with only a 

 single specimen at Duenas. On the coast it was more numerous, resembling 

 in its habits the common species of the district, Chamccpdia passerina. 



The " Long-tailed Ciroiind Dove " is said by Mr. G. C. Taylor to be very 

 common in Honduras, wliere it is generally seen in pairs. They were found 

 to be very good eating, Init too small to repay their cost where ammunition 

 was so scarce. 



It was found breeding near Laredo, Texas, by Dr. H. B. Butcher, July 1, 

 1866. The nest (S. I. 12,896) is said to have been built in the fork of a 

 small mesqnite-tree, and to have contained two eggs. The eggs are similar 

 to those of the Chamcvpidia jMSserina, white, of an o\-al shape, nearly equally 

 obtuse at either end. 



Mr. Xantus found this Dove breeding abundantly at Cape St. Lucas. The 

 maximum number of eggs was invarialily two. One nest was found in a 

 leafless acacia about six feet from the ground ; another, found May 26, was 

 about five feet high, in a small thorn-bush ; a third was at the height of eight 

 feet, and also placed in a Intsh ; others were jdaced in small oaks, in cacti, in 

 opuntia, and other situations, all above the ground at heights varying from 

 five to eight feet. 



The eggs of this Dove are of a white color, are oval in their shape, of 

 about equal size at either end, and measure .91 of an inch in length by .70 

 in breadth. 



