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bluish. A white collar on back of neck. Female similar to male, but 

 colors duller. The only pigeon found in California, breeding in the 

 mountains and flocking to the valleys during the winter. 



9. Mourning-Dove; Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). 



Length, twelve and a half inches. Tail long and pointed, outer 

 feathers broadly tipped with white. Head bluish gray, changing on 

 back and on neck to soft olive-brownish; breast pale pink purplish, 

 changing to buff on belly. Sides of neck faint iridescent purplish and 

 greenish; a blackish spot below the ear. Very generally distributed and 

 common throughout the State. A characteristic quivering call uttered 

 as it flies, and a mournful coo' coo uttered while at rest. 



10. White-winged Dove; Melopelia leucoptera (Linn.). 



May be distinguished by the large patch of white on the wings and 

 the blackish tail broadly bordered with white. General colors soft 

 brownish and bluish ash. Top of head and back of neck wine purple. 

 Occurs in California only in the extreme south and southeastern part 

 of the State. 



11. Ground-Dove; Columbigallma passerina pallescens (Baird). 

 A diminutive species, about half the size of the two preceding ones ; 



soft brownish and bluish above; forehead and under parts pinkish. 

 Occurring rarely or accidentally in southern California. 



THE VULTURE FAMILY 

 Large birds of prey feeding on carrion, and with featherless heads 

 and necks. Soaring with great ease, and flight sustained. 



12. California Vulture; California Condor; G})mnogy)ps calif or- 

 manus (Shaw). 



Of immense size; length, about four feet. General color black, or 

 blackish brown; the wings edged and tipped with grayish and white, 

 and the lining of the wings white. The skin of the head and neck is 

 yellowish or orange. Now very rare and becoming extinct in most 

 localities, but still found in the mountains of Central and Southern 

 California. 



13. Turkey- Vulture ; Turkey-Buzzard; Cathartes aura (Linn.). 

 Length about two and a half feet. General color blackish, or 



brownish black ; wing coverings grayish. Head dull red. An abundant 

 and generally distributed species; migratory in the north. 



KEY TO THE HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 

 A. Under parts pure white (occasionally faintly spotted with brown). 

 I. Back light bluish gray. Patches on shoulders and under side of 

 wing, black. Head white. 



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