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SCRATCHING BIRDS — RASORES. 



when pot-liuiiters take advantage of their ati'ecti(jnate disposition and slioot 

 tliem in pairs even on the nest. Sneli liarharisni should he nniversally uou- 

 denmed liy all true sjiortsnien. 



Genus MELOPELIA, BoxArARTE. 

 Mthpella, BoNAPAKTE, Consp. II. Dec. 1854, 81. ('rypc, Coliimlm kiiroptera, L.) 

 Gen. Ciiak. Similar to Zenaida ; the orbital region nakud ; the bill lunger ; tbu niij- 



M. Icucoptera. 



(lie toe longer ; the hinder shorter. Tarsal sentelhi? in a single series anteriorly. First 



quill nearly as long as the second and third. 



M. leilrajiUra, 



