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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