MEXICAN GROUND DOVE. 
820a. Cluvmepelia passerina pallescens. 7 inches. 
Size very small; tail short and nearly square; back of 
head and under parts with breast a pinkish gray, with feath¬ 
ers tipped with black, giving a scaly appearance; back brown¬ 
ish gray, faintly barred; several black spots on wing coverts. 
Nest. —Is made of weeds and twigs, placing the flat, frail 
structure either in bushes or on the ground, in which are 
placed the two white eggs (.85 x .65). 
Range.— Border of the United States, from Texas and south¬ 
ern California southward. 
INCA DOVE. 
321. Scardafella inca. 8 inches. 
Tail is longer than preceding and more rounded, and the 
outer feathers are tipped with white. Head, neck and whole 
body of a pinkish gray; scaled as is the former. These are 
very tame, and are to be met with in the roads, barnyards, 
and seem to be almost domesticated in their habits, even 
feeding with the poultry about the farmhouse. 
Nest. —These are rather more compactly made, of twigs, root¬ 
lets and weeds, and placed near the ground in low bushes; only 
two white eggs are laid (.85x.65). Not as common as the previous. 
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