. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ; tarsus, J; culmen, h. TemperateNortii Aintrica ; breeding from southern Canada southward, and winteringfrom southern IVnnsylvania to Tauama. o. Zenaida Dove (.»17. ZfiuMdn zencMda). — A rare, extremesouthern, short-square-tailed, olive-brown-backed, reddish-bel-lied dove, with the secondary wing quills tipped with white,and the outer tail feathers having a black band near the ashy. MouruiDg Dove FAM. XXXI. PIGEONS 217 tips. The neck has a metallic iridescence, and a v
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ; tarsus, J; culmen, h. TemperateNortii Aintrica ; breeding from southern Canada southward, and winteringfrom southern IVnnsylvania to Tauama. o. Zenaida Dove (.»17. ZfiuMdn zencMda). — A rare, extremesouthern, short-square-tailed, olive-brown-backed, reddish-bel-lied dove, with the secondary wing quills tipped with white,and the outer tail feathers having a black band near the ashy. MouruiDg Dove FAM. XXXI. PIGEONS 217 tips. The neck has a metallic iridescence, and a velvety blackspot on the sides. Though the bird is often found on thebranches of trees, it spends most of its time on the ground. Length, 10^, ; wing, 6|; tail, 4} ; culinen, |. Florida Keys, Bahamas,West Indies, and coast of Yucatan. 6. White-fronted Dove (318. Leptdtila fulviv4ntris hrachyp-tera). — An extreme southern, large, silky, brownish-olive-backed dove, with much of the head and neck iridescentlycoppery-purplish, but the forehead white, and the top of thehead bluish with a bloom. Belly and chin are pure white,fore breast wine-color, and other under parts more or less shadedwith the tint of the back. The outer (under) tail feathers areslate-colored, tipped Avith white. Length, 12; wing, 6^; tail, 4| ; tarsus, 1]; culmen, |. Mexico andCentral America, north to southern Texas. 7. White-winged Dove (319. Melup^Ua leucdptera). — An ex-treme southwestern, common, generally bluish-ashy dove, w
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