WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 4. 



CAROLINA DOVE. 



Genus: Zenaidura. 

 Species: Z. 



macroura. 



Order: ColumbaB. 

 Family: Columbidae. 



Distribution: 



A local summer resident of southern New England, said to 

 have wintered in Connecticut. 



Date of Arrival: March. 



Date of Departure: October. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts grayish brown, back and wings olive tinted, 

 crown bluish, black spot on side of head, iridescence on sides 

 of neck ; under parts dull buff, longest wing feathers dark, 

 tail feathers bluish brown, outer feathers barred with black 

 and white tipped. Female paler. Bill black, feet carmine. 

 Length about 11.75. 



Song and Other Notes: 



Cooing notes and ^' a low chuckle." 



Haunts: 



Farmin<i lands and woodland. 



