COLUMJJID.-E — THE riGEONS. 



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they are of an oblong-oval shape, white in color, and nearly equal at either 

 extreunty. 



Gexl-.s SCARDi^J'ELuA, Boxap. 



Scanla/cHa, Bon. Co...si,,.otu.s, II, 18S4, 85. (Ty,.,., Co/umba squamosa, Temm.) 



Gkn. Cur. Bill lengtlicu.,! ; cul.nei. inoro than half the length of the head measured 

 hoin fiontiil l,.atlior,s. Foot a.s iu ChmmvpeUa. 

 Wing with the turtials nearly as lonf; a.s thu 

 primaries; shorter, however, than "the Hrst 

 primary. Tail eon.sidfrahly lon-er than the 

 winjr, of twelve feather.^, of peculiar shape ; the 

 ten middle feather.s nearly oven, or very shjrhtly 

 dccrea.Mng toward the .^de.s, h„t the internre.liio 

 considerably .sliorter, while the lateral pair are 

 much the shortest; the feathers are naiTow, 

 especially toward the end, but the tip is obtuse. ' 



Scarda/ella inca 



Two species are known ; one North American, the otlier confined 

 America. 



to South 



Species and Varieties. 



C0.M.U0N CnARACTERs. Brownish-gray above, paler, and with a vinaceous 

 cast antenorly, beneath. Each feather with a terminal dusky crescentie bar 

 produemg a squamato appearance ; inner webs of quilk chestnut ; axillars black • 

 about ternnnal half of three outer tail-feathers white. 



a squamosa.' A white patch on the win-coverf^ and secondaries- 

 abdomen and crissmn white. Black cre-scentie bars very heavy. AVin-' 

 3.00; tail, 4.10. Ilab. Brazil, Ecuador. ^ ^' 



S inca. No white patch on wings ; ab.lo.nen and crissum pale ochraceons. 

 B ack bars very faint on breast, obsolete on throat. Wing, 3.75; tail, 4.40. 

 nab. Mexico and Guatemafa; Rio Grande of Texas. 



Scardafella inca, Bonap. 



SCALT DOVE. 



Scarc^fena /„c« (Bon-ap ) Scr,. P. Z. S. 18.59, 391. - R.,cn,.:xB. Handb. 19. tab. 250. 

 f 13J3 tab. 2^,3, f. 1410. -I,u..oT, IHust. II. pi. xxxWi. - Coop. Orn. Cal. I, 1870. 

 519. Seanl,,Jd/a squanws,, (" Tk.m.m.") Waol. I.si.s, 1831, 519 (not of Ten.minck !). _ 

 Haikd, Bads N. Am. 1858, 605. 



Sp. CirAU. Above ashy-brown, becoming purer and lighter ashy on the wimrs. Beneath 

 pale ashy-haceous wuh a pinkish tinge anteriorly, becoming pale ochraceons on the 

 abdomen, fbne .and cr,.snn,. Outer webs and ends of prin.aries, and tail-feathers (except 

 the mtermedKc) dasky. Every feather (except rectrices and prin.aries) terminated with a 

 crescenfc bar of dusky ; these b.ars heaviest on the mantle, upper tail-coverts, and on 



» Scardafilla sqnanwsa. Cnhmha s,iuamosa, T.-m.n,. Pig. ot Oal. I, 59. A specimen of tliis 

 Slices fron, Venezuela has the black bars everywhere twice as l,road as in Brazilian examples. 



