APPENDIX 387 



129. Band-tailed Pigeon. Columba fasdata. 



Head, neck, and lower parts ashy vinaceous purple, lighter on the 

 abdomen ; above gray ; olivaceous on the back, bluish on the rump ; 

 narrow half-collar of white across the upper portion of nape, feathers 

 beneath this dull metallic golden green reflecting bronze ; bill and feet 

 yellow. 



Female. Smaller and more gray. 



Hab. Pacific States of United States to table-lands of Mexico. 



130. Zenaida Dove. Zenaida zenaida. 



Similar to the common wild dove, the mourning dove No. 126. 

 Tail shorter and more square, tipped with gray ; under parts vinaceous. 

 Length, 10-10^ in. ; wing, 6- 1 1 <j in. ; tail, 3^-4 in. 



Hab.- Florida Keys. 



131. Blue-headed Quail Dove. Starnanas cyanocephala. 



Upper parts reddish brown ; throat black ; blue crowned ; white 

 line beneath the eye. Length, 11 in. ; wing, 5^-6 in. , tail, 4^-5 in. 

 fjab. West Indies, Florida Keys. 



(a) The Quail Dove (Geotrygon martinica). 



Plumage wine red iridescent ; under parts lighter, white toward tail ; 

 white band below eyes. Length, 1 1 in. ; wing, 6# in. ; tail, 5 in. 



Hab. West Indies, Florida Keys in summer. Very similar to 

 No. 131 both in habits and appearance. 



Note These doves are called quail-doves, since in form they resemble the 

 quail or partridge. They have short, broad tails without white tips to the 

 under feathers 



" A ground dove found in wooded regions." Apgar. 



132. White-fronted "Dovt.Engyptila albifrons. 



Upper parts brownish olive ; head and neck iridescent metallic 

 purple and bronze ; forehead white; chin and belly white; breast wine 

 color. Length, 12 in.; wing, 6*4 in. ; tail, 4^ in. 

 Hab. Southern Texas, Mexico, Central America. 



133. White-crowned Pigeon. Columba leucocephala. 



Plumage slate color, with white crown, pale buff on female ; neck 

 reflecting metallic green. Length, 12-14 in.; wing, ^y^ in. 

 Hab. Southern Florida. 



