. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . , and sides, ashy- Fig. ; beneath, purplish-red; under tailcoverts and tip of tail, white; sides, andback of neck iridescent with violet,green, and gold, fig. 184. Breedingrange now restricted to portions of theC a n a d a s and the northern border ofmiddle U. S. but formerly rangedthrough eastern N. A. from Hudson Baysouthward. Alarm note, a kind oflaughing coo. Yery social, occurring inlarge flocks and breeding in communi-ties. c. Spotted Doves. Zenaidura. Generally similar to b but with bill Q, A, b, 1- slender and cons
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . , and sides, ashy- Fig. ; beneath, purplish-red; under tailcoverts and tip of tail, white; sides, andback of neck iridescent with violet,green, and gold, fig. 184. Breedingrange now restricted to portions of theC a n a d a s and the northern border ofmiddle U. S. but formerly rangedthrough eastern N. A. from Hudson Baysouthward. Alarm note, a kind oflaughing coo. Yery social, occurring inlarge flocks and breeding in communi-ties. c. Spotted Doves. Zenaidura. Generally similar to b but with bill Q, A, b, 1- slender and conspicuously spotted on secondaries withblack. 1. MOURNING DOVE, Z. MACROURA. ; reddish-brown above under tinted with bluish ; purplish-red beneathbecoming lighter behind and ashy-blue on sides; tail, except-ing central feathers, broadly tipped with white and crossedabove this by a black band; spot on sides of upper neck, black;below it an iridescent patch* of purple and gold, fig. 185 ; fe-male, duller; tail, shorter. N. A. from southern Maine and. 152 DOVES.
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