PEA-DOVE. 307 



says that it builds also in the orange, and sea-side 

 grape, in May, a very slight and narrow platform 

 of rude twigs, and lays two eggs, of a pale drab 

 hue. 



The general form, the shortness of the tarsus, the 

 length of the tail, and its manners, associate this 

 species rather with the arboreal than the terrestrial 

 Doves. It, however, approaches the latter. Those 

 which I kept in a cage, habitually rested on the 

 highest perches, while the Pea-doves generally rested 

 on the floor. 



The Whitewing is swift and strong on the wing ; 

 but its flight is not accompanied with that peculiar 

 whistling, produced by the wings of the Pea-dove. 



PEA-DOVE. 



(Zenaida Pigeon. BON.) 

 Zenaida amdbilis. 



Columba Zenaida, BONAP. Aud. pi. 162. 

 Zenaida amabilis^ Ibid. 



THE open pastures, or the grassy glades of pi- 

 mento pens, are the favourite haunts of this pretty 

 Dove, where it walks on the ground singly or in 

 pairs. In such open situations, it can discover, and 



* Length 11 J inches, expanse 19, flexure 6, tail 4, rictus 1, tarsus 

 1, middle toe 1. 



