214 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus ENGYPTILA Sundevall. (Page 210, pi. LXII., fig. 3.) 



Species. 



Adult male : Above plain olive-brownish, the occiput, hind-neck, and sides of 

 neck glossed with metallic reddish purple ; top of head bluish gray, fading into 

 creamy white on forehead ; rest of head and neck, with lower parts, pale vinaeeous, 

 or vinaceous-white, deeper on chest and upper part of breast, the chin, belly, and 

 under tail-coverts pure white, the sides tinged with grayish brown or olive; axillars 

 and under wing-coverts chestnut-rufous; middle tail-feathers like back, the rest 

 slaty black, broadly tipped with white. Adult female: Similar to the male, but 

 colors duller, with vinaeeous tints less pronounced, and metallic gloss on hind-neck 

 less distinct. Length about 11.50-12.50, wings 6.00-6.50, tail 4.25-4.50. Nest in 

 vines or bushes. Eggs 1.17 X -87, dull buify white. Hab. Mexico and Guatemala, 

 north to lower Eio Grande Valley in Texas. 



318. E. albifrons (Bonap.). White-fronted Dove. 



Genus MELOPELIA Bonaparte. (Page 210, pi. LXIY., fig. 3.) 



Species. 



Two middle tail-feathers grayish brown, the rest plumbeous or slaty, with the 

 terminal fourth white (tinged with gray toward middle feathers), the plumbeous or 

 slate of basal portion darker next to the lighter terminal portion ; secondaries 

 broadly edged terminally with white ; lai'ger wing-coverts white, producing a large 

 white longitudinal patch on wing. Adult male : Above grayish brown or drab, 

 grayer on wings, more plumbeous on rump ; head, neck, and chest light brownish 

 gray, more or less tinged with pale vinaeeous, the occiput and hind-neck inclining 

 to glaucous lilaceous ; sides of neck glossed with metallic golden green changing to 

 purple ; a spot of blue-black immediately beneath ear-coverts ; other lower parts 

 light pearl-gray, becoming whitish on lower tail-coverts. Adult female : Similar to 

 the male, but colors duller, with little if any lilaceous or vinaeeous tinge to chest, 

 etc. Young : Similar to adult female, but colors still duller, the feathers of upper 

 parts with paler terminal margins, and the chest with a faint rusty tinge. Length 

 11.00-12.25, wing 6.30-6.80, tail 4.80-5.25. Nest in bushes or low trees. Eggs 1.17 

 X .88, very light creamy buff or buffy white. Hab. Mexico and Central America, 

 south to Costa Rica, north to southern border of United States (Texas to Arizona 

 and Lower California) ; Cuba ; Jamaica. 



319. M. leucoptera (Linn.). White-winged Dove. 



Genus COLUMBIGALLINA Boie. (Page 211, pi. LXIL, fig. 4.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Adult males with top of head bluish gray, or tinged with 

 this color; rest of upper parts plain grayish "brown or chestnut, the uppermost wing- 

 coverts (sometimes scapulars also) more or less marked with steel-blue or black ; 



