276 DOVES. 



266. KEY WEST QUAIL DOVE. 



11; dull chestnut, purplish red beneath 

 glossy above with metallic purple and 

 bronze; broad white stripe on side of jaw. 

 Bahamas and some of the W. I. ; casual in 

 summer on Fla. Keys. Keeps hidden in 

 scrub most of time. Nests placed on top of 

 air plants, in trees. 



267. RUDDY QUAIL DOVE. 



Differs from last in being without 

 metalic luster above and the white jaw 

 stripe is less conspicuous, being somewhat 

 buffy. Tropical America; accidental on 

 Key West, Fla. 



268. BLUE-HEADED PARTRIDGE 

 DOVE. 



A little larger, 12, dark brown above, 

 more reddish beneath; head, black; crown, 

 blue; line on side of head beneath eye and 

 one bordering throat, white. Cuba, casual 

 on Fla. Keys. 



