SPOTTED WOOD-PIGEON 155 
from twenty to one or two hundred individuals, and 
roam much over the open country. It is a wary 
bird, and when feeding walks on the ground in a 
slow, somewhat stately manner. In spring its song 
resounds in the woods, and, when heard for the first 
time, fills the listener with wonder, so human-like 
in tone are its long, mournful notes, The notes are 
five, the last one prolonged, with a falling inflection, 
and profoundly sorrowful. The nest is a platform 
structure, frequently placed on a broad horizontal 
branch ; the eggs are two, and closely resemble those 
of the common Rock-Dove of Europe. 
SPOTTED WOOD-PIGEON 
Columba maculosa 
Above pale vinaceous brown, profusely spotted on the back and 
wings with white apical spots; lower back and tail plumbeous ; 
wings and tail slatey black, the former with narrow whitish margins ; 
beneath plumbeous, with a strong vinaceous tinge; bill black, feet 
yellow ; length 13, wing 8.5 inches. Female similar. 
Tuts Pigeon has a general resemblance to the Pica- 
zuro, but may be at once distinguished by its spotted 
back and wings. It ranges from South Peru through 
Bolivia and Western Argentina into Patagonia, where 
it appears to be a resident. In winter the valley of 
the Rio Negro is visited by it in immense flocks, 
which are a great plague to the farmers, as they 
descend in clouds on the fields and devour the wheat 
