. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . TURKEY BUZZARD. 76 Bird Studies. suming all kinds of dead animal matter, and acting as sanitary police withoutregard to the wishes of other dwellers about them. In the gardens of many southern homes and often seen walking in the sand of road or street, is a small dove, in form very like a house pigeon, but „ . ^ diminutive. The bird is only about six inches and three Ground Dove. , , ,m , • i , ■ • coiumbigaiiina passerina quartcrs long aud may readily be recognized by its size chapm. alonc, for It Is the only p
. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . TURKEY BUZZARD. 76 Bird Studies. suming all kinds of dead animal matter, and acting as sanitary police withoutregard to the wishes of other dwellers about them. In the gardens of many southern homes and often seen walking in the sand of road or street, is a small dove, in form very like a house pigeon, but „ . ^ diminutive. The bird is only about six inches and three Ground Dove. , , ,m , • i , ■ • coiumbigaiiina passerina quartcrs long aud may readily be recognized by its size chapm. alonc, for It Is the only pigeon approaching this size inEastern North America. It is a bird with the colors to which doves have given a name. Dovecolor is perhaps difficult to formulate in words, but is known to all. In theold male, this color is richly tinged with a wine shade on the breast wheremost of the feathers have blackish centres ; those of the head and breast havetheir edges of a darker shade of color giving a scaled appearance. The topof the head is shaded with bluish and t
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