226 COLUMBIDZ, PIGEONS.—GEN. 169, 170, 171, 172. 
of food throughout all parts of North America; wonderfully abundant at 
times in particular districts” (dudubon); chiefly, however, temperate 
Eastern North America; eminently gregarious. Wuts., v, 102, pl. 44; 
Nurr., i, 629; Aup.; v, 25,)pl. 2853) Bp:. 600: . MIGRATORIUS. 
169. Genus ZENZ{DURA Bonaparte. 
Carolina Dove. Brownish-olive, glossed with blue on the crown and 
nape; below purplish-red, becoming tawny-white on the vent and crissum ; 
neck metallic golden; a velvety black 
spot on the auriculars, and others on 
_ the wing coverts and scapulars ; middle 
7) tail feathers like the back, the rest 
7 ashy-blue at base, then crossed by a 
black bar, then white or ashy-white ; 
bill very slender, black; feet carmine ; 
g and young differ as in the wild 
pigeon; 11-13; wing 5-6; tail 6-7, 
shaped as in the wild pigeon, but of 
14 feathers; circumorbital space naked. Temperate North America, very 
abundant. Wiuts., v, 91, pl. 43; Nourr., i, 626; Aup., v, 36, pl. 286; 
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Fic. 146. Carolina Dove. 
170. Genus ZENAIDA Bonaparte. 
Zenaida Dove. Olive-gray with a reddish tinge, crown and under parts 
vinaceous-red, sides and axillars bluish; a velvety black auricular spot, and 
others on the wing coverts and tertiaries; secondaries tipped with white ; 
neck with metallic lustre; middle tail feathers like the back, others bluish 
with whiter tips, a black band intervening; 10; wing 6; tail 4, rounded. 
West Indies and Florida Keys. Bonar., Am. Orn. ii, pl. 15, f. 2; Nurr., 
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171. Genus MELOPELEIA Bonaparte. 
White-winged Dove. A broad oblique white bar on the wing, formed by 
ends of greater coverts and alula. Tail feathers, except the middle, broadly 
tipped with white; general plumage resembling that of the Carolina dove ; 
11-12; wing 6-63; tail 5, rounded. Southwestern U.S. and southward. 
Columba trudeaui Aup., vii, 852, pl. 496. Bp., 603. . . LEUCOPTERA. 
172. Genus CHAMASPELETIA Swainson. . 
Ground Dove. Grayish-olive, glossed with blue on the hind head and 
neck, most feathers of the fore parts with darker edges, those of the breast 
with dusky centres; forehead, sides of head and neck, lesser wing coverts 
and under parts purplish-red of variable intensity, paler or grayish in the Q ; 
under surface of wings orange-brown or chestnut, this color suffusing the 
quills to a great extent, upper surface sprinkled with lustrous  steel-blue 
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