Birds of Oregon and Washington 155 



The bird has a wide range upon the western 

 side of our continent, being found from the Rio 

 Grande through northern Mexico, New Mexico, 

 Arizona and all of the North Pacific States. 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. All above, soft velvety 

 mottled, brownish-gray, with a " moth-like" (Ridgway), 

 or a " frost-like " (Keeler), surface, marked with spottings 

 and zigzags of black ; tail-feathers, tipped with white, 

 sometimes with buff; throat, strongly marked with trans- 

 verse patch of white ; breast and abdomen, barred with 

 buffy ; under tail-coverts, plain buff. 



Summer resident. 



THE DOVE FAMILY. 



There are two members of this family found 

 within the boundaries prescribed in this book, the 

 Mourning Dove and the Band-tailed Pigeon. 



THE MOURNING DOVE, OR TURTLE DOVE. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Upper parts : except head, soft olive-brownish. 



Under parts : vinaceous or plum-color. Long tail. 



Length, 12.5 inches. 



Found everywhere in farming and more or less open 

 country. 



