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inner webs of quills rufous ; tail (except middle feathers) blackish ; lower parts 

 chiefly vinaceous. Adult females much duller, the lower parts dull light vinaceous- 

 grayish, or light brownish. 



rt'. Axiliars and under wing-coverts chestnut-rufous. 



Adult male : Head, neck, and lower parts pinkish vinaceous, the feathers 



(31.) of the breast dusky grayish brown centrally, and those of head and neck 



mar<;ined with a darker shade of the ground-color; occiput and nape 

 bluish gray, or glaucous; upper parts in general plain grayish brown, 

 the innermost wing-coverts (which are often vinaceous, like lower 

 parts) marked with small spots of dark metallic violet. Adult female: 

 Similar to nude, but colors much duller, the vinaceous replaced by light 

 brownish gray (sometimes slightly vinaceous). Young : Somewhat like 

 adult female, but still duller, or more grayish, the feathers, especially of 

 upper parts, narrowlj- margined terminally with whitish. Length 6.00- 

 7.00, wing 3.10-3.60, tail 2.60-2.80, exposed culmen, .-H-.48, tarsus .60-.66. 

 Eggs .85 X -Go. Sab. Southern Atlantic and Gulf States, from Florida 

 to South Carolina (casually to District of Columbia), and Louisiana. 



320. C. passerina terrestris Ch.\pm. Ground Dove. 



rt'. Axiliars and most of under wing coverts black. 



Adult male: Above vinaceous-chestnut, becoming bluish gray on top of 

 head, and light vinaceous on forehead ; lower parts plain deep vinaceous. 

 paler on chin. Adult female: Above dull brownish, sometimes tinged 

 with rusty ; lower parts plain graj-ish brown, or brownish gray. Wing 

 about 3.50-3.70. Hab. Middle Amei-ica and northern South America, 

 north to Orizaba and Colima, Mexico. 



C. rufipennis (Bonap.). Rufous Ground Dove.' 



Gents SCARDAFELLA Bonaparte. (Page 211, pi. LXIL, fig. 5.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Grayish brown above, each feather with a terminal 

 border or crcscentic bar of dusky ; inner web of quills, except terminal portion, 

 rufous ; under wing-coverts partly black ; lower parts pale grayish vinaceous, pass- 

 ing into white or buff posteriorly, marked like upper parts; lateral tail-feathei-s 

 with terminal half white, the rest black. 



rt'. Larger wing-coverts, bellj-, and lower tail-coverts white; breast distinctly sqna- 

 mated with dusky ; wing about 4.00, tail 4.00. Hab. South America (Brazil, 

 Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, etc.). 



S. squamosa (Tkmm.). Scaled Dove.' 



• Talpacolia rvfipenmt BosAP., Consp. ii. 1S54, 79. 



' Columha iquamota Tekx., Pig. et Gal. i. ISll, pi. 59. Scardofclla tquamota BoNAP., Consp. ii. 1S54, S5. 



