Birds of Oregon and Washingto7i 155 



The bird has a wide range upon the western 

 side of our continent, being found from the Rio 

 Grande through northern Mexico, New Mexico, 

 Arizona and all of the North Pacific States. 



Particular Description. — All above, soft velvety 

 mottled, brownish-gray, with a " moth-like " (Ridgway), 

 or a " frost-like " (Keeler), surface, marked with spottings 

 and zigzags of black ; tail-feathers, tipped with white, 

 sometimes with buff; throat, strongly marked with trans- 

 verse patch of white ; breast and abdomen, barred with 

 buffy ; under tail-coverts, plain buff. 



Summer resident. 



THE DOVE FAMILY. 



There are two members of this family found 

 within the boundaries prescribed in this book, tHe 

 Mourning Dove and the Band-tailed Pigeon. 



THE MOURNING DOVE, OR TURTLE DOVE. 



General Description : 



Upper parts : except head, soft olive-brownish. 



Under parts : vinaceous or plum-color. Long tail. 



Length, 12.5 inches. 

 Found everywhere in farming and more or less open 

 country. 



