PIGEONS 
318. White-fronted Dove. 
Leptotila fulviventris brack ppt era. 
Range. — Mexico and Central America north 
to southern Texas. 
Slightly larger than the last, much paler be- 
low, with no black ear mark as in the two pre- 
ceding species, and with the forehead whitish. 
They build their nests of sticks, grasses and 
weeds, and place them in tangled vines and 
thickets a few feet from the ground. Their 
two eggs, which are laid in May and June, 
have a creamy white or buffy color. Size 1.15 
x .85. They canot be called a common species 
within our borders. 
319- White-winged Dove. 
Melopelia asiatica. 
Range. — Central Am- 
erica, Mexico and the 
southwestern border of 
the United States. 
This species is 12 in- 
ches in length, has a 
black patch on the ear 
coverts, white tips to 
the greater and lesser White-winged Dove 
coverts and some of the 
secondaries, and broad 
white tips to the outer tail feathers, which are black. This species is very 
abundant in some localities within our borders. Their nests are very frail plat- 
forms of twigs placed in trees or bushes or precariously suspended among 
tangled vines. Their two eggs are white or creamy white, and measure 
1.15 x .85 
320. Ground Dove. Columbigallina passerina terrestris. 
Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf States to eastern Texas. 
The Ground Doves are the smallest of the family, measuring but about 6.5 
inches in length. Their nesting habits and eggs are exactly iike those of the 
next to be described. They are very abundant, especially along the South At- 
lantic coast. 
320a. Mexican Ground Dove. Chcemepelia pas serin us pallescens. 
Range. — Border of the United States from Texas to southern 
California and southward. 
This paler sub-species builds a nest of twigs and weeds, 
placing the fiat structure either in low bushes or on the 
ground. Their two white eggs are laid during April to July, 
they sometimes rearing two broods a season. Size of eggs, 
.85 x .65. 
320b. Bermuda Ground Dove. Chcemepelia passerina bermudiana. 
Range. — Bermuda. Smaller and paler than the last; otherwise the same in 
nesting habits and eggs. 
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