FAMILY COLUMBID/E. — PIGEONS A^D DOVES. 



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FAHILY COLUMBID/E. 



Pigeons and Doves. 



Toes, four, hind toe not elevated above the rest ; nostril, opening into 

 a soft fleshy membrane; tarsus, usually shorter than the toes; wings, 

 rather long and flat. 



Group 1. Wing, less than 5.50 inches long. 



Primaries, heavily marked witli rufous Urowii; underparts, pinkish browu or 

 vitiaceous. soiiit'tiiiH's i^rayisli, witli more or less black dots on breast: wing 

 coverts, with metallic steel-blue spots. 



Ground Dove. 



ColumbitjalUiia passerina terrestris. 

 See No. 256. 



