PLAIN-BREASTED GROUND DOVE 



4. Chaemepelia minuta elaeodes (Todd) 

 Plain-breasted Ground Dove. "Cocochita" 



Length, 149 mm. (5.85 in.): tail, 50 mm. (2.00 

 in.). 



Male. General color above grayish brown 

 passing to bluish gray on forehead and hind- 

 neck; two bars of bluish black spots and some 

 irregular spots of the same color on the wings, 

 the inner edges of the longer quills reddish chest- 

 nut, the under surface of the wings mostly red- 

 dish chestnut (visible in flight); middle pair of 

 tail feathers brownish gray, the remaining ones 

 grayish brown crossed by a band of black broad- 

 ening outwardly and narrowly tipped with 

 white; under parts strong vinaceous buff, paler 

 on throat and abdomen. Iris light ' yellowish 

 brown; bill gray; feet pink. 



Female. Similar to male but the vinaceous 

 drab replaced by light drab or grayish drab. 



Young. Similar to female but paler. 



Common and widely distributed and very 

 tame. It may be found along the sides of the 

 Gamboa road in small flocks on the ground dur- 

 ing the spring months. 



5. Chaemepelia rufipennis rufipennis (Bonaparte) 

 Ruddy Ground Dove 



Length, 165 mm. (6.50 in.); tail, 62 mm. 

 (2.45 in.). 



Male. Cinnamon brown above, the top of 

 the head brownish gray, paler and tinged with 

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