80 KEY TO PIGEONS AXD DOVES 



Cliickadee, Hummingbird, Crow, Swallow, Quail, 

 or Dove, you will not have to hunt through those 

 families for it, when looking for its name. Elim- 

 ination is the short cut to ident if cation. If you 

 know what a bird is not, you will soon know what 

 it is. 



Key to Adult Male Doves. 



1. Small (length about 7 inches) ; tail almost square ; 

 wings showing reddish brown in flight. Southern. 



p. 31. Ground Dove. 



1'. Large (length 12 to 16 inches) ; tail long and pointed. 

 2. Top of head same color as back — bluish slate ; no 

 black spot on side of neck. p. 78. Passenger Pigeon. 



2'. Top of head not same color as back ; 

 forehead brownish ; back of head blu- 

 ish slate ; back brownish ; a small 

 black spot on side of neck below eye. 



p. 29. Mourning Dove. 



Least Flycatcher; Chebec: Empidonax minimm. 



(Plate Y.) 



Geographic Distribution. — Eastern United States, west to 

 the Great Plains ; breeds from Pennsylvania and Nebraska 

 northward ; winters in Central America. 



Through the open windows in a New England 

 village come many bird songs, but none strike 

 the ear with more distinctness than the frequently 

 reiterated call of chc-heck'. It has no poetic sug- 

 gestions, but after one has traced it to the fluffy 

 little white-breasted Flycatcher up in the trees, 



