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the Mexican Ground Doves and the Long-tailed Incas. 

 They rattled the dead leaves, making noise enough for 

 creatures many times then' size, and went scurrying 

 throuoh the undergrowth like little brown mice. When 

 frightened they clattered up and jerked themselves 

 through the air to the nearest tree, where they perched 

 lengthwise along the branches like Nighthawks. This 

 little trick was apparently practised by the doves of 

 only this locality, as elsewhere they seemed never to 

 have learned it. The familiar Mourning Dove of our 



MOURNING DOVE 



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