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 ZENAIDA DOVE. 



COLUMBA Zen AID A, BONAP. 

 PLATE CLXII. Vol. II. p. 364. 



The eggs of this species measure one inch and a quarter in length, 

 by nearly seven-eighths in breadth ; and are abruptly pointed at the 

 smaller end. I am informed by the Earl of Derby that this Pigeon is 

 raised with ease in aviaries, so much so as to have induced him to let 

 some loose. Should it thrive in a wild state in England, it forms a 

 valuable accession, as its flesh is excellent. 



GROUND DOVE. 



COLUMBA PASSERINA, LiNN. 

 PLATE CLXXXII. Vol. II. p. 471. 



This beautiful Pigeon is rarely met with to the westward of the 

 mouths of the Mississippi, along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. 

 None were seen on our way to the Texas. The eggs measure seven 

 and a half eighths of an inch by rather more than five-eighths, and are 

 thus of an elongated form. 



