. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 120b. Bermi da Groi \i> Dove. Chcemepelia passerina bermudiana. Range. Mermuda. Smaller and paler than the last: otherwise the same iiiae i Ing habits and eggs. L96. THE BIRD BOOK 321. Inca Dove. Scardafella inca. Range.—Mexican border of the United Statessouth to Central America and Lower California. This handsome species is about the size ofthe last, but its tail is longer and graduated,consequently its length isgreater, it being about 8
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 120b. Bermi da Groi \i> Dove. Chcemepelia passerina bermudiana. Range. Mermuda. Smaller and paler than the last: otherwise the same iiiae i Ing habits and eggs. L96. THE BIRD BOOK 321. Inca Dove. Scardafella inca. Range.—Mexican border of the United Statessouth to Central America and Lower California. This handsome species is about the size ofthe last, but its tail is longer and graduated,consequently its length isgreater, it being about 8inches long. It is not anuncommon species alongour Mexican border, but isnot nearly as abundant asis the Ground Dove. It isoften called Scaled Dove White because af the blackish edges of nearly all itsfeathers. They build fairly compact nests oftwigs, rootlets and weeds, these being placedin bushes at a low elevation. They are two innumber and pure white. x .65. [322.] Key West Quail —West Indies, rarely found at KeyWest, although supposed to have been commonthere in Audubons time. This species is ofabout the size of the Mourning Dove, has rustycolored upper parts, and is whitish below, thewhite below the eye being separated from that of the throat by a stripe of duskyfrom
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