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rado. It requires keen observation to distinguish the 

 sexes in this species the female being almost as hand- 

 some as the male in the matter of plumage. (Fig. 7.) 



Finally, we find in our faunal lists the cunning little 

 Dwarf Doves that are ground-loving species and resi- 

 dents of the Southern States. They make very attrac- 

 tive pets and many breed in captivity. (Fig. 9.) Then 



ZENAIDA DOVE (Z. zetiaida) 



Fig. 7 Another name for these birds is the Love Dove, and 

 the species here shown was named for the cousin and wife of 

 Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte (Zenaide). It is a beauti- 

 ful species in life. 



birds took place in that part of the country. It re- 

 minded me very much of the flights of the Wild Pig- 

 eon which I saw in the early seventies, though the mul- 

 titude was not quite so extensive. Nevertheless it was 

 a marvelous sight to see thousands of these gentle birds 

 pass through the timber, and to hear the tremendous 

 roar that arose from the use of so many pairs of 

 wings. In some places they rested on the naked prairie 

 in hundreds, where rattlers, hawks, and foxes got away 

 with no end of 

 them and their 

 helpless young. 

 This species is the 

 nearest living rela- 

 tive we have of 

 our extinct Wild 

 Pigeon the only 

 species having the 

 same form of tail. 

 The lovely Ze- 

 naida Dove is list- 

 ed among our 

 birds ; but it only 

 occasionally breeds 

 on the Florida 

 Keys, while the 

 White-winged or 

 Singing Dove oc- 

 curs regularly in 

 Florida and 

 throughout a large 

 area of the South- 

 west ; it has also 

 occurred in Colo- 



A PYGMY OF THE FAMILY THE COMMON GROUND DOVE 



Fig. 9 Its scientific name expresses both its size and habits that is C. 

 passerina terrestris or a dove of sparrow^like proportions that spends its life 

 on the ground. It is a southern form and rather a common one. Stragglers 

 have been seen in Washington, D. C, and New York. 



WHITE-FRONTED DOVE 



Fig. 8 This dove occurs nearly all the year round on its 

 range, and it has been known to breed there. In agreement 

 with most pigeons and doves, it lays two eggs of a pale 

 buffy-white color. It usually builds its big nest in a bush of 

 twigs and "weed-strips." 



we have the Inca 

 or Scaled Dove, 

 here shown in 

 Figure 13. We are 

 to note that it pos- 

 sesses a long tail, 

 and thus reminds 

 one of our Alourn- 

 ing Dove and the 

 Passenger Pigeon. 

 All these very 

 small species of 

 the family are 

 found only in the 

 extreme sotrthem 

 sections of our 

 country, as the 

 Florida Keys, the 

 Gulf States, and 

 only rarely further 

 north. This beau- 

 tiful little Inca or 

 Scaled Dove which 

 as just said, re- 

 sembles a small 



