. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. \ t>IOEON3 318. WHiTi-rRONTED Dove. LeptotUa fulviventrii brachgptera. Ranee.âMexico and Central America north to aouthern Texas. Slishtly 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 e
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. \ t>IOEON3 318. WHiTi-rRONTED Dove. LeptotUa fulviventrii brachgptera. Ranee.âMexico and Central America north to aouthern Texas. Slishtly 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 X .86. They canot be called a common species within our borders. SIQ. White-winged Dote. Melopelia a*iatica. , _. Range.âCentral Am- -' '' " erica. Mexico and the ^ southwestern border of Ab the United States. ^^â j^^ This species is 12 in- ^^|HUb^^^ ches in length, has a ^^^^^^^^^^r on the ^^^^^^^^^ coverts, white tips ^^^^^ the greater and lesser â¢^^,,g coverts and some of th*- 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 (Wigs placed In trees or buMhes or precariously suspended among tangled vines. Their two eggs are white or creamy white, and measure X .86. ' â fronted Dove White-wingei] Uiive 320. Ground Dote. Columbigallina patierina terrettrit. Range.âSouth Atlantic and Gulf States to eastern Texas. The Oround Doves are the smallest of the family, measuring but about 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. .'(20a. Ground Dove. Chamepelia pasnerinun palleicent. Range.âBorder of the United States from Texas to southern California and southward. This paler sub-species builds a nest of i
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