74. Miscellaneous Circular 15, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
BOOK NAMES. 
American turtle dove, Canada pigeon, Carolina dove, Carolina pigeon, Carolina 
long-tailed dove, Carolina turtle, Carolina turtle-dove, common dove, common 
turtle-dove, dusky mourning dove, tourterelle de Canada (Canada turtle-dove), tour- 
terelle de la Caroline (Carolina turtle-dove), western mourning dove. 
317. Zenaida Dove (Zenaida zenaida). 
Range.—Florida Keys, the Bahamas, Greater and Lesser Antilles, and the coast of Yucatan. 
Book name.—Zenaida pigeon. 
318. White-fronted Dove (Leptotila fulviventris brachyptera). 
Range.—Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, south through Mexico (both coasts) to Guatemala. 
Names.—White-bellied dove (Tex.); white-fronted pigeon (books). 
319. White-winged Dove ( Melopelia asiatica). 
Range.—Lower California, southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, scuthern Texas, and southern 
Florida south to Cuba, Jamaica, and Costa Rica; casual in southeastern California, Colorado, and the 
Bahamas; accidentalin Washington. 
Vernacular names.—In_ general use: Whitewing. Jn local use: Mexican dove 
(Ariz.); paloma cantador (singing dove) (Ariz.); Sonora dove (Ariz., Calif.); Sonora 
pigeon, Sonora whitewing (Ariz.); whitewing pigeon (Tex.). 
Book names.—Singing dove, white-winged wild pigeon. 
320. Ground Dove (Chaemepelia passerina). 
Range.—Two subspecies of ground dove occur in the United States, their ranges being as follows: 
American Ground Dove (Chaemep‘lia passerina passerina).—Lower Austral Zone of South Atlantic 
and Gulf States from eastern Texas to North Carolina; accidental farther north (New York, Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia). 
Mexican Ground Dove ( Chaemepelia passerina pallescens).—Lower Sonoran and Tropical Zones from 
Lower California, southern Arizona, and middle southern Texas south to Costa Rica; casual in southern 
California. 
Vernacular names.—Ground dove (S. C., Fla., Ariz.); Mexican dove (Tex.); mourn- 
ing dove (S. C., Ga., Fla., Ariz.); turtle dove (Miss.). 
Book names.—Ground pigeon, ortolan, woo-woo bird. 
321. Inca Dove (Scardafella ica). 
Range.—Lower Sonoran and Tropical Zones from northeastern Lower California, Arizcna, and southern 
Texas south to Guatemala. 
Names.—Mexican dove (Tex.); scaled dove, scaly dove (books). 
321.1 Chinese Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis). 
Range.—Eastern China, Formosa, and the island of Hainan; naturalized in the city of Los Angeles, Calif. 
Names.—No vernacular names for this species are known. 
Collared Turtle Dove (Streptopelia risoria). 
Ranye.—“Some uncertainty seems to exist about its original home, but it is found from Constantinople 
to India and is abundant in the Holy Land”’ (Newton, Dictionary of Birds, p. 165). Said to be estab- 
lished in the Bronx, New York City. 
Names.—Barbary dove, laughing dove, and various combinations of these and the 
standard name; tourterelle a collier. 
322. Key West Quail-dove (Oreopeleia chrysia *”). 
Range.—Key West and some other Florida Keys, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Haiti. 
Names.—Key pigeon (Fla.); bridled dove, Key West dove, Key West pigeon 
(books). 
322.1 Ruddy Quail-dove (Oreopeleia montana **). 
Range.—Tropical America, including the West Indies, north to Cuba, andin Mexico to Vera Cruz and 
Guerrero; accidental at Key West, Florida. 
Book name.—Partridge pigeon. 
42 Geotrygon chrysia. 43 Geotrygow montana. 
