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  Columbigallina 
  passerina 
  terrestris 
  (Chapman) 
  

   Ground 
  Dove 
  

  

  Columbigallina 
  passerina 
  terrestris 
  Chapman. 
  Am. 
  Miis. 
  Nat. 
  His'l 
  . 
  

   Bui. 
  1892. 
  4: 
  292 
  

  

  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  320 
  

  

  columbigallina, 
  Lat. 
  cohimba, 
  pigeon 
  or 
  dove, 
  and 
  gallina, 
  hen; 
  passerina, 
  

  

  sparrowlike 
  ; 
  terrestris, 
  terrestrial 
  

  

  Description. 
  Very 
  small. 
  Male: 
  Forehead 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  mostly 
  

   vinaceous, 
  the 
  chest 
  feathers 
  with 
  blackish 
  centers; 
  crown 
  and 
  back 
  of 
  

   head 
  bluish 
  gray; 
  back 
  brownish 
  gray; 
  wing 
  coverts 
  with 
  dark 
  steel-blue 
  

   spots; 
  tail 
  blackish 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  and 
  tipped 
  with 
  whitish; 
  bill 
  coral 
  red 
  

   at 
  base, 
  blackish 
  tow^ard 
  the 
  tip. 
  Female 
  and 
  young: 
  Much 
  paler 
  and 
  

   duller. 
  

  

  Length 
  6-7 
  inches; 
  wing 
  3.5 
  ; 
  tail 
  2.7 
  ; 
  bill 
  .45. 
  

  

  This 
  diminutive 
  pigeon 
  inhabits 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  from 
  Texas 
  to 
  North 
  

   Carolina, 
  and 
  is 
  accidental 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  It 
  was 
  added 
  to 
  

   the 
  New 
  York 
  list 
  by 
  Dr 
  George 
  B. 
  Grinnell 
  who 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  

   of 
  its 
  capture: 
  

  

  Earl}" 
  one 
  Saturday 
  in 
  October 
  1862, 
  I 
  set 
  out 
  with 
  another 
  small 
  bov, 
  

   Henry 
  A. 
  Clapp, 
  on 
  a 
  shooting 
  excursion, 
  the 
  expected 
  game 
  being 
  robins 
  

   and 
  flickers, 
  with 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  pigeon. 
  We 
  had 
  just 
  entered 
  

   a 
  piece 
  of 
  woods 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  158th 
  street, 
  between 
  what 
  were 
  

   later 
  to 
  become 
  nth 
  and 
  12th 
  avenues, 
  when 
  a 
  small 
  flock 
  of 
  birds 
  alighted 
  

   in 
  a 
  tall 
  tulip 
  tree 
  almost 
  above 
  our 
  heads. 
  I 
  was 
  carrying 
  the 
  gun 
  at 
  the 
  

   moment 
  and 
  fired 
  at 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  resting 
  on 
  a 
  branch, 
  and 
  when 
  it 
  fell 
  

   and 
  I 
  picked 
  it 
  up 
  I 
  saw 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  "pigeon." 
  Neither 
  my 
  

   companion 
  nor 
  myself 
  had 
  ever 
  seen 
  anything 
  like 
  it 
  but 
  we 
  both 
  had 
  seen 
  

   Passenger 
  pigeons. 
  

  

  When 
  we 
  had 
  crossed 
  the 
  dirt 
  road 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  158th 
  street 
  we 
  had 
  

   seen 
  Mr 
  John 
  Woodhouse 
  Audubon 
  mending 
  fence 
  near 
  the 
  comer 
  of 
  158th 
  

   street 
  and 
  12th 
  avenue, 
  and 
  knowing 
  that 
  he 
  knew 
  all 
  about 
  birds 
  we 
  went 
  

   down 
  to 
  him 
  and 
  asked 
  him 
  to 
  tell 
  us 
  what 
  this 
  was. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  near 
  neigh- 
  

   bor 
  of 
  our 
  parents, 
  and 
  we 
  knew 
  him 
  ver}^ 
  well, 
  for 
  much 
  of 
  our 
  time 
  was 
  

   spent 
  playing 
  with 
  his 
  sons 
  in 
  and 
  about 
  his 
  house 
  and 
  stables. 
  He 
  told 
  

   us 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  Ground 
  dove, 
  and 
  pointed 
  out 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  its 
  characters. 
  

   He 
  also 
  said, 
  as 
  I 
  recall 
  it, 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  never 
  before 
  seen 
  one 
  in 
  that 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood. 
  

  

  