214 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Genus LEPTOTILA Swans. (Page 210, pl. LXII,, fig. 3.) 
Species. 
Adult male: Above plain olive-brownish, the occiput, hind-neck, and sides of 
neck glossed with metallic reddish purple; top of head bluish gray, fading into 
creamy white on forehead; rest of head and neck, with lower parts, pale vinaceous, 
or vinaceous-white, deeper on chest and upper part of breast, the chin, belly, and 
under tail-coverts pure white, the sides tinged with grayish brown or olive; axillars 
and under wing-coverts chestnut-rufous; middle tail-feathers like back, the rest 
slaty black, broadly tipped with white. Adult female: Similar to the male, but 
colors duller, with vinaceous tints less pronounced, and metallic gloss on hind-neck 
less distinct. Length about 11.50-12.50, wings 6.00-6.50, tail 4.25-4.50. Mest in 
vines or bushes. Eggs 1.17 x .87, dull buffy white. Hab. Mexico and Guatemala, 
north to lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. 
318. L. fulviventris brachyptera (SaLvaD.). White-fronted Dove. 
Genus MELOPELIA Bonaparte. (Page 210, pl. LXIV.,, fig. 3.) 
Species. 
Two middle tail-feathers grayish brown, the rest plumbeous or slaty, with the 
terminal fourth white (tinged with gray toward middle feathers), the plumbeous or 
slate of basal portion darker next to the lighter terminal portion; secondaries 
broadly edged terminally with white; larger wing-coverts white, producing a large 
white longitudinal patch on wing. Adult male: Above grayish brown or drab, 
grayer on wings, more plumbeous on rump; head, neck, and chest light brownish 
gray, more or less tinged with pale vinaceous, the occiput and hind-neck inclining 
to glaucous lilaceous; sides of neck glossed with metallic golden green changing to 
purple; a spot of blue-black immediately beneath ear-coverts; other lower parts 
light pearl-gray, becoming whitish on lower tail-coverts. Adult female: Similar to 
the male, but colors duller, with little if any lilaceous or vinaceous tinge to chest, 
etc. Young: Similar to adult female, but colors still duller, the feathers of upper 
parts with paler terminal margins, and the chest with a faint rusty tinge. Length 
11.00-12.25, wing 6.30-6.80, tail 4.80-5.25. West in bushes or low trees. Eggs 1.20 
X .90, very light creamy buff or buffy white. Hab. Mexico and Central America, 
south to Costa Rica, north to southern border of United States (Texas to Arizona 
and Lower California) ; Cuba; Jamaica. 
319. M. leucoptera (Linn.). White-winged Dove. 
Genus COLUMBIGALLINA Bors. (Page 211, pl. LXIL,, fig. 4.) 
Species. 
Common Cuaracters.—Adult males with top of head bluish gray, or tinged with 
this color; rest of upper parts plain grayish brown or chestnut, the uppermost wing- 
coverts (sometimes scapulars also) more or less marked with steel-blue or black; 
