DOVES. 275 



lows quickly, but is not prolonged, then 

 comes, who, who, who, with a decided pause 

 between the first two, all are loud, but in a 

 minor key. 



264. GROUND DOVE. 

 Small, 7, slate-brown above, under por- 

 tion of win or, seen in flight, chestnut, purple- 

 Fig. 216 



Ground Dove. 



red on breast; bill, orange, black at tip, 

 fig. 216. Female, duller. South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States. Note, who, often repeated 

 in a minor tone. Ordinary flight, especially 

 in thickets, which it frequents, flitting, but 

 when passing over wider spaces more direct 

 and rapid. 



265. BAHAMA GROUND DOVE. 



A little smaller than last, paler; bill, 

 nearly black. Bahamas; accidental in Fla. 



