iu>!uly ovciTcavliiug piiiujirit-s in the t'oUU'tl wiiii;-. Tail still shurttT tli.iu wing, uoarly even, 

 o( rj broad tcatlu'is. Uill sliMulcr. ahoiil half as long as lu>ail, mostly yellow. FiH't largely 

 /enaidino ; tarsus as long as luidillc loc wiiliout elaw. No iridcsoMK-c nor bluc-lilaek spot on 

 head ; sneh spots on wings. Sexes nidiUe, I'ul A roitles <iinho. {^('lt(ti)htpt'litt ot" nmst writers, 

 and in all pr«>vions i-ditions of ihe ivey ; l>nl iiuforiiiualely the niiseralde word ('oliinihiijallina 

 Hoik. Isis, 1S',*(). y. V77 . is foreed npon us by tlie law of priority, in spite .if tlie faet that the 

 original " I'oluinbigalline " of the nuMidaeious Le \'aillaut was a fictitious Afriean bird, 

 made up of a tan\e pi>;-eon arlilieially fuied with earuneles, later type of tht> bogus ueinis IVr- 

 nilid : (;/'. SiNi>. T.Mit. IS?."?, p. 1»S. and (."oii'.s. Auk. IS!>7. p. •,'!.').) 



C piisstM'l'na torrcs'trls. {^\ji\\. paaseriint, sparrow-like; from the pyguiy stature; l.at. /<v- 

 irstris, terrt>strial. of the ground; icrra, the earth, land. Fig. -ISo.) (.Jkoinu Dovi'.. Adult 

 (jf: (.»rayish-oliv(>. glosst>d with blue on hind liead and neeU. most feathers of fon>-parts with 

 darker ediii>s. those of breast with dusky I'entrt-s. Foreliead. sides of head and ueek, lesst>r 

 wiug-eoverts and under parts purplish-red of variable iniiMisity. pal(M- or grayish on belly and 

 crissuiu; vnider snrfaee of wings orange-brown or ehestnui. this eolor snlfiisiug quills to a great 

 oxtent; upper surface of wings sprinkled with lustrous steel-blu(> spots. Middle tail-feathers 

 like baek. others plumbeous, blaekeniug toward ends, with pal(>r tips. Feet yellow; bill y(>l- 

 low with dark tip. Pimiiuitive : length t;..')()-7.(K) ; extent 10.00-11.00; wing l{..")0, with inner 

 seeoudari<'s mvuly as long as primarit>s ; tail "J.?."), rounded: bill 1."): tarsus O.tw ; middle too 

 and elaw 0.7.">. 9 and young ditfer as those o{ thi> Wild Pigeon and Carolina l>ove do, tho 

 jnu'plish tints being re|)lae(Hl by gray or "ashes of roses," the very young bird having wliitish 

 skirtiuii' of the feathers. South .\tlantie and Ciulf States, breeding from S. Carolina to TiOU- 

 isiana. ehietly coastwise; N. accidentally to Washington, D. C., and Now York; also West 

 Indies and north(>rn South America : commo\i on its V . S. range. Xost on tho ground or 

 in bushes iiuiilf.-rently ; eg^s '-. white. 0.S7 ,\ t)-"?. mostly laid March to ,)nne, in sonu' cases 

 through the summer and early autumn. {Cli(iiiii(iH-li(i ixinscrinn of all foruuM'ods. of the Key.) 

 V. p. pallosooiis. (Lat. pdllcuct'ns, bleaching.') Mi'.XUWN Gkouno Povk. Scarcely dilferent; 

 described as palor. Cajio St. Lucas, 1>.VHU>, 1S,")!> ; range since extended to iiududo tho M(>xi- 

 can border of tht> U. S. from Lower California to Texas, and S. coastwise in Mexico to Central 

 America. This form, which 1 have kept in all (>ditions of the Key, I87xJ-l)5. was ignored by 

 mo.st writers for many years, but has lately been recogniz»>d as l\iliii)ihi(jaUi)ia ]Hisst'ri)ia pal- 

 lmrn!i : A. 0. V. List.',M ed. ISD."), No. :V20 a : see Key, -1th o.l. ISDO. p. WA. 

 SC.\K1>.\KK1V1..\.. (Italian, signalizing tho scaly appearance of the feathers, duo to their 

 color.) Siii'.i.l, Dovi's. Tail of pin-uliar shape, double-rounded, median and lateral feathers 

 both shorter than intermediate ones; all narrow and tapering- : i'J in number. Wings as in 

 Coliti>ihi(iiiUiii(t. TmU very slender, rather long, black. Fet>t not typically zenaidine: tarsus 

 very short, slightly feathered above. Xo blue-black spots on head or wings; no iridesconco 

 on nock. Size very small. Sexes similar. Uemarkable genus, of tropical American si>o- 

 oios, one reaching our border. 



iS, ill ei». t^Inca or i/ucas, a IVruvian title.) Inca Dove. Sc.\lki> Dove. Adult ^ ^ : 

 Above, iiravisb-brown with the usual olive shade, anteriorly also with a slight " aslu^s of 

 roses" hue; below, pale ashydilac. changin<;- to i>chracei)us on belly and crissum — nearly all 

 tho plumage marked with black crescentic edges of the feathers, producing tho shelly or scaly 

 a[ipearance, which becomes indistinct on tho breast. Primaries and their coverts chestnut, 

 with blackish ends; lining of wings black and chestnut ; outer secondaries blackish with chest- 

 nut central areas, gradually din>inishing till tho inner secondaries assimilate with color of back. 

 Middle tail-featbors like back: ;? lateral ones basally plumbeous, then black, thou broadly 

 tipped with white — tho black rui\ning out into tho white as u sh.ift-line. Iris reddish : foot 

 pale pink. Young similar, but with little or uo ashy-rosy, and sprinkled with white on upper 

 parts. Lent;th ;ibont S.OO ; wiusi' o.7."> : tail more: bill 0. l."> : tarsus O.TiO ; middle toe and 



