. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . — A specimen of the Ruddy Quail-dove {Geotrygonmoiitana) was captured on Key West in December, 1888,— thefirst taken within the borders of North America. ZENAIDA DOVE. ZeNAIDA ZENAIDA. Char. Above, olive gray with a red tinge; top of head and underparts purplish red; neck with metallic reflections; a black patch onwing-coverts ; tail with terminal band of black tipped with white. Lengthabout 10 inches. Nest. In low bush; a slight affair of fine twigs. The nests are some-times placed on the sand
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . — A specimen of the Ruddy Quail-dove {Geotrygonmoiitana) was captured on Key West in December, 1888,— thefirst taken within the borders of North America. ZENAIDA DOVE. ZeNAIDA ZENAIDA. Char. Above, olive gray with a red tinge; top of head and underparts purplish red; neck with metallic reflections; a black patch onwing-coverts ; tail with terminal band of black tipped with white. Lengthabout 10 inches. Nest. In low bush; a slight affair of fine twigs. The nests are some-times placed on the sand and concealed by tufts of grass, and theseground-nests are compactly built of leaves and grass. Eggs. 2; white ; X This beautiful httle species inhabits the Keys of Florida, butis rare. Individuals have been found in the neighboring islandof Cuba. They keep much on the ground, where they dustthemselves and swallow gravel to assist digestion. When risingon the wing, the same whistling noise is heard from the motionof their wings, as is the case of the common Carolina MOURNING DOVE. CAROLINA DOVE. TURTLE MACROURA. Char. Above, grayish blue, deeper on the head, the back washed withbrownish olive ; sides of head and neck and under parts purplish red,fading to buff on anal region ; sides of neck with metallic reflections ;wing-coverts spotted with black ; tail with bar of black, outer feathersbroadly tipped with white. Length about 12^4 inches. Nest. In a tree or bush or on fence rail or rock, — a mere platformrudely made of twigs. Eggs. 2-4 (usually 2); white; X This almost familiar Pigeon in the course of the springleisurely migrates through the interior as far as to Canada,though in the Eastern States it is rarely met with to thenorth of Connecticut. Many appear sedentary in the warmerStates, where they breed as far south as Louisiana. They arealso said to inhabit the Antilles, and we saw them not uncom-mon in the Territory
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