GROUND DOVE 



320. Chcemepelia passerina terrestris. 6.75 in. 



Size very small; tail short and nearly square. Back 

 of head blue-gray; forehead and most of underparts 

 pinkish. Bill, feet and eye, more or less red. 



Nest. A frail structure of twigs, lined with pine 

 needles; placed usually at low elevations in bushes. 

 The two eggs are pure white. 



Range. South Atlantic and Gulf States; abundant 

 near the coasts; winters throughout its range. 



320a., Mexican Ground Dove, found from Texas to 

 California, is slightly paler than the eastern species. 



INCA DOVE 

 312. Scardafella inca. 8 in. 



Tail long, with the outer feathers tipped with white, 

 and shorter than the middle ones. Feathers mostly 

 margined with brownish-black. The bases of the pri- 

 maries are bright chestnut, and the whole underwing 

 is of that color; bill black; eye and feet reddish. 



Range. Southern Texas, southern Arizona and south- 

 ern New Mexico. 



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