COLUMBID.E — THE PIGEONS — CHAJLEPELIA. 



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parts generally, and lesser upper wing coverts, light purplish-red, tinged with duskv to- 

 wards the tail. Feathers of the head, neck, and fore-hreast, margined with a darker shade 

 of the ground color, the forehead and chin, only, nearly uniform. Feathers of the hreast 

 dusky brown in the centre, — this most consincuous on the jugulum. Under wing coverts, 

 axillars, and quills brownish orange ; the latter margined externally, and tipped with 

 dnsk}'-brown, — the tertials almost entirely of this color. Middle tail feathers like the 

 hack ; the others mostly black, the outer one edged towards the tip with white. The 

 exposed surface of the wing variously marked with blotches exhibiting black, steel blue, 

 and violet. Bill and feet yellow, the former tipped with brown. 



Female with little or none of the ])urj)lish-red. 



Length, 6 50 ; extent, 10.50 ; wing, 3.50 ; tail, 2.80. 



Hub. South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Fort Yuma, California, to Fort Mojave ? lat. 

 35°. Also, AVest Indies, Mexico, and Central America. 



This pretty little tlo\-e, \\'liicli is common in the South Atlantic States, 

 ]\Iexico, and the West Indies, undoubtedly visits Fort Yuma, and I have 

 heard of what I suj)posed to be the same as far north in the Colarad(5 

 Valley as Fort Mojave, lat. 35°, though I did not myself see them there. 



In Florida they associate in small ilocks, and come familiarly around the 

 door to feed. I found their nests there, both on the ground and in trees, 

 built like those of the common dove, and with two white eggs. They are 

 in miniature very similar, both in appearance and habits, to the common 

 ]iigeon, and are often kept in cages, — mostly to fatten for food. 



Chamaepelia passerina, var. pallescens, Baird. 



THE CAPE GEOUND DOVE. 



Chamapelia passerina? var. ixtllescens, Baird, Phil. Acad. 1859, 305. 



Sp. Char. Shade of color considerably lighter than in C. passerina. Chin and anal 

 region nearly white ; the latter consider.ably lighter than the belly, instead of nearly the 

 Siime color. Bill darker. Legs stouter. 



TIab. Cape St. Lucas. 



This bird, hardly a species, but a decided variety, has hitherto been only 

 found at Cape St. Lucas, forming one of the many forms peculiar to that 



