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155. Columba flavirostris. Red-billed Pigeon. 



Lower Rio Grande (Cameron and Hidalgo counties, etc.), summer 

 resident. 



156. Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon. 



Formerly abundant migrant through Eastern Texas, now extinct. 

 Singley's record for 1886 (Lee county) is the latest I can find. Lloyd 

 mentions the occurrence of myriads of wild pigeons in Neuces canyon 

 in winter. (This was written in 1882).* 



157. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. 



Abundant resident throughout the State. 



158. Leptotila fulviventris brachyptera. White-fronted Dove. 



Valley of the Lower Rio Grande, resident from February to November. 



159. Melopelia leucoptera. White-winged Dove. 



Southern section of the State. Very abundant summer resident of 

 the Lower Rio Grande counties, northwest to Laredo. Rare summer 

 visitor at San Antonio. Breed at Cotulla, Carrizo Springs, etc. 



160. Columbigallina passerina terrestris. Ground Dove. 



Coast region of Eastern Texas, south almost to Corpus Christi. 



161. Columbigallina passerina pallescens. Mexican Ground Dove. 



Lower Rio Grande, north, rarely, to San Antonio and northwest to 

 Eagle Pass. Summer resident. 



162. Scardafella inca. Inca Dove. 



Southern portion of the State. Some years ago Attwater recorded a 

 single specimen from San Antonio, but in late years this dove is a reg- 

 ular visitor there. In the winter of 1904 large numbers of these birds 

 made their appearance at Waco, remaining until the following April. 

 In November 1905 thev again appeared but in smaller numbers, this 

 time remaining until the latter part of May and, as I am informed by 

 reliable parties, nesting in North Waco. They are said to breed near 

 San Antonio at the present time. Schutze (The Condor, VI, 172) 

 records the Inca Dove as now common in Travis and Comal counties 

 and in the vicinity of Bryan, breeding. 



*m recent years, great flocks of pigeons and doves have been reported from Southern Texas. In some journals, 

 it was reported that in the Rio Grande Valley, great "droves" of white-winged doves were doing great damage to the 

 crops. In September, 1911, flocks of wild pigeons were reported from the vicinity of San Angelo at Lavinia. The lat- 

 ter from the descriptions I received from there, were evidently a straggling flock of Band-tailed Pigeons. This leads 

 me to wonder if most of Uoyd's "wild pigeons" did not belong to this species and not the Passenger Pigeon. In its 

 proper place 1 speak of the invasion of Texas by the Inca Dove. 



