570 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — COL UMBJE — FEBISTEB^. 
199. SCARDAFEL'LA. (Italian, signalizing the scaly appearance of the feathers, due to their 
color.) Shell Doves. Tail of peculiar shape, double-rounded, median and lateral feathers 
both shorter than intermediate ones ] all narrow and tapering ) 12 in number. AVings as in 
Chamcepelia. Bill very slender, rather long, black. Feet not typically zenaidine ; tarsus very 
short, slightly feathered above. No blue-black spots on head or wings ; no iridescence on neck. 
Size very small. Sexes similar. Eemarkable genus, of 2 tropical Am. species, one reaching 
our border. 
549. s. in'ca. (Inca or yncas, a Peruvian title.) Inca Dove. Scaled Dove. ^ 9 ' adult : 
Above, grayish-brown with the usual olive shade, anteriorly also with a slight ''ashes of roses" 
hue ; below, pale ashy-lilac, changing to ochraceous on the belly and crissum — nearly all the 
plumage marked with black crescentic edges of the feathers, producing the shelly or scaly 
appearance. Primaries and bastard quills intense chestnut, with blackish ends ; lining of 
Fig. 393. — Blue-headed Quail Dove, ^ iiat. size. (From Brelim.) 
wings black and chestnut ; outer secondaries blackish with chestnut central areas, gradually 
diminishing till the inner secondaries assimilate with the color of the back. Middle tail- 
feathers like back ; three lateral ones basally plumbeous, then black, then broadly tipped with 
white — the black running out into the white as a shaft line. 9 similar to ^ ; young similar, 
but with little or no ashy-rosy, and sprinkled with white on upper parts. Length about 8.00 ; 
wing 3.75 ; tail more ; bill 0.45 ; tarsus 0.50 ; middle toe and claw 0.87. A very pretty little 
dove, with mahogany wings upholstered in shell-figured ashes-of-roses velvet ; a curious mini- 
ature of the common dove in form. Mexico to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, along the 
borders. Nest in bushes; eggs 2, white, 0.90X0.70. 
200. GEOTRY'GON. (Gr. yea, gea, the earth ; rpvycov, trugon, a cooer.) Lustre Doves. Tail 
about as long as wings, a little rounded, of 12 broad rounded feathers, with curved shafts. 
