GROUND DOVE 
320. Chemepelia passerina terrestris. 6.75 in. 
Size very small; tail short and nearly square. Back 
of head blue-gray; forehead and most of underparts 
pinkish. Bill, feet and eye, more or less red. 
Nest.—A frail structure of twigs, lined with pine 
needles; placed usually at low elevations in bushes. 
The two eggs are pure white. 
Range—South Atlantic and Gulf States; abundant 
near the coasts; winters throughout its range. 
320a., Mexican Ground Dove, found from Texas to 
California, is slightly paler than the eastern species. 
INCA DOVE 
312. Scardafella inca. 8 in. 
Tail long, with the outer feathers tipped with white, 
and shorter than the middle ones. Feathers mostly 
margined with brownish-black. The bases of the pri- 
maries are bright chestnut, and the whole underwing 
is of that color; bill black; eye and feet reddish. 
Range.—Southern Texas, southern Arizona and south- 
ern New Mexico. 
