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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



Length, 6| ; wing^ 3^ ; tail, 2| ; tarsus, f ; culmen, |. South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States, West Indies, and northern South America ; breeding 

 from South Carolina to Louisiana. 



9. Inca Dove (321. Scardafella Inca). — A Texas dove, with 

 a peculiar scaled appearance due to the crescent-shaped black 

 marks on most of the feathers, especially abundant on the 

 belly. The upper parts are grayish-brown, and the lower 

 parts ashy-lilac in front and ochraceous at the back. There 



is much rich chest- 

 nut on the wings ; the 

 middle tail feathers 

 are like those of the 

 back, but the outer 

 (under) ones are 

 blackish, with white 

 tips. (Scaled Dove.) 



Length, 8 ; wing, 3f ; 

 tail, 4 ; tarsus, I ; cul- 

 men, nearly ^. Mexico, 

 north to Texas and Ari- 

 zona, and south to Cen- 

 tral America. 



10. Key West Quail- 

 Dove (322. Geotrygon 

 chrysia). — A rare, 

 Florida, very irides- 

 cent, wine-red dove, 

 with the under parts lighter and more creamy, and, toward 

 the tail, white. A plain white band below the eyes. This 

 is a ground dove found in wooded regions. 



Length, 11 ; wing, 6^ ; tail, 6 ; culmen, |. A West Indian dove, 

 found on the Florida Keys in the summer. 



11. Blue-headed Quail-Dove (323. Stam&nas cyanociphala). 

 — A rare, Florida, blue-crowned, black-throated, chocolate- 

 backed, cream-buff-bellied dove, with a white line beneath the 

 eye. This quail-dove is much like the last, both in habits and 



Ground Dove 



