204 Bird Studies. 



and even when comparatively common are rather difficult to observe. Three 



species of which this one seems to be the only regular visitor have been re- 



Kev West" corded from the Florida Keys. It is a bird about eleven 



Quail-Dove. inches long, bright chestnut above, with the back and 



Geotrygon chrysia Bonap. neck having green and purple metallic lustre. The breast 



is dull chestnut and the belly white. 



The nest is built in low trees or bushes where two white eggs are laid. 

 They are less than an inch and a quarter in length and rather more than nine 

 tenths of an inch in their other diameter. 



This is a cinnamon colored Dove, darker on the back, where there are 

 Rudd/ Ouail-Dove. purplish reflections. It is about ten inches long, and is 

 Geotrygon montana (Linn.), a native of Tropical AmeHca and the West Indies, and 

 has been recorded once from Key West. 



The Blue-headed Quail-Dove is a Cuban species of irregular occurrence 

 on some of the Florida Keys. 



It is olive brown above and dull rufous brown below. 



Ouail-Dove '^^^ ''°P °^ ^^^ head is dull blue bordered by black. 

 starncEnas cyanocephaia There is a couspicuous white stripe below the eye, starting 

 ""'■'■ from the throat and extending to the back of the head. 



The English Pheasant was introduced into Europe and the British Islands 



from Western Asia, at so remote a period that the exact date is largely a matter 



English Pheasant, of conjecture. On the British Islands these birds were held 



phasianus coichicus Linn, jn great estimation before the time of the Norman Conquest. 



At various times during the past half century it has been imported from 

 England and Europe to this country and bred in captivity. During the 

 past ten years it has been liberated at various points in the Eastern United 

 States and must now be regarded as an element in the bird fauna of that 

 region. In my rambles through the woods in both New York and New 

 Jersey I have on several occasions met individuals of the species that were 

 apparently wild or naturalized birds. 



The birds are frequently exposed for sale in the markets of our larger 

 cities and are too well known in appearance to need further notice here. 



