FAMILY COLUMBIDA:. — PIGEONS AND DOYES. 155 
FAMILY COLUMBID. 
Pigeons and Doves. 
Toes, four, hind toe not elevated above the rest; nostril, opening into 
a soft fleshy membrane; tarsus, usually shorter than the toes; wings, 
rather long and flat. 
Group |. Wing, less than 5.50 inches long. 
Primaries, heavily marked with rufous brown; underparts, pinkish brown or 
vinaceous, sometimes grayish, with more or less black dots on breast; wing 
coverts, with metallic steel-blue spots. 
Ground Dove. 
Columbigallina passerina terrestris. 
See No. 255. 
