RUDDY QUAIL DOVE 



with purplish on hindneck, top of head con- 

 color with back, passing to pale gray on fore- 

 head; tail the same color as upper parts; the 

 outermost feathers (one to three pairs) black 

 terminally and tipped with white; sides of head 

 pale brownish gray passing to pale purplish 

 gray on neck and chest and to creamy white on 

 throat and lower abdomen, the middle under 

 parts tinged with vinaceous; under surface of 

 wings mostly cinnamon (visible in flight). Iris 

 light yellow; bill black; bare skin surrounding 

 eye red; feet red. 



Female. Similar to male. 



Young. Very different. Feathers of top 

 of head and nape finely streaked with cinnamon 

 russet; some of the wing quills tipped with cin- 

 namon or russet; chest dull brown, the feathers 

 tipped with paler or with cinnamon. 



A bird of the deep forest, preferring damp and 

 heavily shaded places and usually found 'on the 

 ground. It allows a near approach before flying 

 up and generally alights on some low p rch 

 where it sits moving its head back and forth and 

 its tail up and down, keeping the body quite 

 still. Note is a mournful coo of more uniform 

 pitch and less resonant than that of the last 

 species. 



9. Oreopeleia montana (Linnaeus) 

 Ruddy Quail Dove 



Length, 229 mm. (9.00 in.); tail, 75 mm. 

 (3.00 in.). 



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