COLUMBIDH, PIGEONS.—GEN. 173, 174, 175. 227 
spots; middle tail feathers like the back, others bluish-black ; feet yellow ; 
bill yellow with dark tip; diminutive ; 6-64; wing 34, with inner second- 
aries nearly as long as the primaries; tail 2?, rounded. Southern U. S., 
Atlantic to Pacific, but chiefly coastwise ; N. to the Carolinas, and accident- 
ally to Washington, D.C; common. WitLs., iv, 15, pl. 46; Nurr., i, 635; 
Aup., v, 19, pl. 283; Bpo., 606; Coor., 516. Var. paillescens Bp., Proc. 
Phila. Acad. 1859, 305; Coopr., 517; Cape St. Lucas. . . PASSERINA. 
173. Genus SCARDAFELLA Bonaparte. 
Scaly Dove. General coloration much as in the ground doye, but all the 
body-feathers with sharp dark border producing a scaled appearance ; tail 
long and cuneate, with (14?) narrow acuminate feathers, as in the common 
dove, broadly tipped with white, except the middle pair; wing shaded as in 
the ground dove. Small; 8; wing and tail about 4. Mexico to U. S. 
border. Bp., 605; Exutior, pl. 37; Coop., 519. . SQUAMOSA var. INCA. 
174. Genus GEOTRYGON Gosse. 
Key West Dove. Above, vinaceous-red with highly iridescent lustre of 
various tints; below pale purplish fading to creamy; an infraocular stripe 
and the throat white; 11; wing and tail about 6, latter rounded. West 
Indies and Key West. Columba montana, Aup., v, 14, pl. 282. Nurrt., 
MEECOM DOS Ds sO0(in a 9s ae tsdeuwh o oe, @ = 3 = «© MARTINICA. 
175. Genus STARNGNAS Bonaparte. 
Blue-headed Ground Dove. Crown rich blue bounded by black; a white 
stripe under the eye meeting its fellow on the chin; throat black, bordered 
with white; general color olivaceous-chocolate above, purplish-red below, 
lighter centrally; 11; wing 54; tail 4$. West Indies and Florida Keys. 
A remarkable form, grading towards the gallinaceous birds in structure and 
habits ; bill short; wings and tail very short, former rounded and concave, 
latter nearly even; legs very long and stout; tarsus bare, reticulate; hind 
toe not strictly insistent. Aup., v, 23, pl. 284; Nurr., i, 2d ed. 769; 
UCM Se ite taras cs ks lS )  OYANOCEPHATA; 
