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Ground Dove, but are, if anything louder. In regard'to this I find the loll 



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Ground Dove, but are, it anything louuer. in regard to mis i nna iiie following in my 

 note book: Nassau, May 28. Ground Doves are unusually abundant and nois\-, especially 

 early in the morning, insomuch so as to be a perfect nuisance, for we can hear nothing 

 else but their mournful notes. 



Notes on the Key West Dove. Habits: 

 I found this Dove quite common on Andros, in May, 1884, their peculiar long 

 drawn and mournful note being frequently heard hi the scrub. This note is given li^- the 

 males when sitting on a tree, but so shy are they that when I endeavored to approacli 

 them even with the greatest caution, they would become alarmed, drop to the gnmiid 

 and make their way quickly through the nearly impenetrable undergrowth. At this 

 time I found the Key West Doves all along the Eastern .shore of Andros from Fresh Creek 

 southward to Grassy Creek, but did not see a single specimen at Fresh Creek nor at 

 Middle Bight in November and December, 1887, nor in the same section in May, 1893„ 

 nor did I find it at Inagua in Feljruary, 1888. 



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Fig. 48. Young of Florida Mottled Owl 



