. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 218 KEY AND DESCRIPTION Length, 6|; wing^ 3^ ; tail, 2|; tarsus, f ; culmen, |. South Atlantic and Gulf States, West Indies, and northern South America; breeding from South Carolina to Louisiana. 9. Inca Dove (321. Scardafella Inca). — A Texas dove, with a peculiar scaled appearance due to the crescent-shaped black marks on most of the feathers, especially abundant on the belly. The upper parts are grayish-brown, and the lower parts ashy-lilac in front and ochrace
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 218 KEY AND DESCRIPTION Length, 6|; wing^ 3^ ; tail, 2|; tarsus, f ; culmen, |. South Atlantic and Gulf States, West Indies, and northern South America; breeding from South Carolina to Louisiana. 9. Inca Dove (321. Scardafella Inca). — A Texas dove, with a peculiar scaled appearance due to the crescent-shaped black marks on most of the feathers, especially abundant on the belly. The upper parts are grayish-brown, and the lower parts ashy-lilac in front and ochraceous at the back. There is much rich chest- nut on the wings ; the middle tail feathers are like those of the back, but the outer (under) ones are blackish, with white tips. (Scaled Dove.) Length, 8; wing, 3f ; tail, 4; tarsus, I ; cul- men, nearly ^. Mexico, north to Texas and Ari- zona, and south to Cen- tral America. 10. Key West Quail- Dove (322. Geotrygon chrysia). — A rare, Florida, very irides- cent, wine-red dove, with the under parts lighter and more creamy, and, toward the tail, white. A plain white band below the eyes. This is a ground dove found in wooded regions. Length, 11 ; wing, 6^; tail, 6; culmen, |. A West Indian dove, found on the Florida Keys in the summer. 11. Blue-headed Quail-Dove (323. Stam&nas cyanociphala). — A rare, Florida, blue-crowned, black-throated, chocolate- backed, cream-buff-bellied dove, with a white line beneath the eye. This quail-dove is much like the last, both in habits and. Ground Dove. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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