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ry flight when among the thickets which it frequents, flitting, 

 but when passing over wid- 

 er spaces direct and rapid. 

 Very common. 



2. BAHAMA GROUND 



DOVE, C. BAHAMENSIS. 



Differs from 1 in being some- 

 what smaller and paler; 

 bill, nearly black. Baham- 

 as; accidental in Fla. 



f. Quail Doves. Geotryg-ou. 



Medium-sized doves with short tails and large feet. 



1. KEY WEST QUxlIL DOVE, G. chrysea. 11.00,- 

 dull chestnut, purplish-red beneath, whitish behind; glos- 

 sed above with metallic purple and bronze; broad stripe on 

 lower jaw and throat, whitish. Bahamas, and some of th& 

 West Indies; casual in summer on the Fla. Keys. Notes, loud, 

 long drawn, and particularly mournful. Keep well in the 

 scrub seldom appearing in open places; run swiftly on the 

 ground. 



2. RUDDY QUAIL DOVE, G. Montana. Differs 

 from 1 in being without the brillant metallic gloss above, 

 this being only slightly indicated; the jaw stripe, throat and 

 lower parts behind are buff y ; above, purplish-red; yellowish 

 buff on breast. Tropical America ; accidental on Key West, 

 Fla. 



g. Partridg^e Doves. Starnoenas. 



Medium sized, ground inhabiting doves with short round- 

 ed tails and wings ; form, robust and partridge-like. 



1. BLUE-HEADED PARTRIDGE DOVE. S. cyano- 

 CEPHALA. 12.00; deep-brown above, more reddish beneath ; 

 head, black; crown, bluish ; line on side of head beneath eye 

 and one bordering throat, white. Cuba, casual on the Fla. 

 Keys. 



