PIGEONS. DOVES 



(321) Scardafella inca 



(Less.) (Ital., scaly-feathered). 



INCA DOVE. Tail long and 

 graduated, the outer feathers broadly 

 tipped with white; bases of primaries 

 largely chestnut; the black edging 

 of feathers gives the bird a scaly 

 appearance as shown. L., 8.00; T., 

 4.00. A Mexican species reaching 

 southern Tex. and Ariz. 



(320) Chsemepelia passerina 

 terrestris 



(Chapman) (Lat., sparrow-like; terrestrial). 

 GROUND DOVE. Very small. 

 Tail short and nearly square-ended. 

 Plumage as shown, the general tone 

 being vinaceous below and brown 

 above. L., 6.50; T., 2.75. 



Range — South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States from Tex. to N. Car. Casual 

 north to N. Y. 



WHITE-FRONTED and WHITE-WINGED DOVES 

 are Mexican species, the former of which occurs in southern 

 Texas and the latter along our southvv-estern border. The 

 latter species has a peculiar call note — more varied than that 

 of any other of our doves; put to words, it is usually repre- 

 sented as " cook-for-you " — a strange but not unmusical 

 sound, somewhat like the first crowing attempts of a young 

 rooster. In Mexico they are called singing doves and are 

 often kept caged because the natives fancy their song. 



GROUND DOVES, our smallest species, are rather 

 common in the South Atlantic and Gulf States. They are 

 not at all shy; in fact, they seem to prefer the neighborhood of 

 dwellings. While they do all their feeding on the ground, 

 where they scratch about like tiny chickens, they nest a few 

 feet above, in vines or bushes. The nests are more sub- 

 stantial than those of Mourning Doves. 



INCA DOVES are slightly larger, owing to their longer 

 tails; their plumage is very scaly in appearance, because 

 all feathers are sharply edged with dusky; the primaries are 



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