190 PIGEONS AND DOVES. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This is a common West Indian species. Audubon found it in 
     
     numbers in the keys ott southern Florida, where he records it as a 
     
     summer resident. arriving); in April and departing in October. The 
     
     few naturalists who have visited these keys sinee Audubon's time lave 
     
     not been there in the summer. and we do not therefore know whether 
     
     this species still oeeurs there at that season. It is more terrestrial in 
     
     habits than the lllournint,r Dove. and its notes are deeper, louder, and 
     
     more solemn than the notes of that species. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The erE—wtxcnn Dov}: (319. JfivIo/mlio [euro/mere) is a species of gen— 
     
     eral distribution from the Mexican border of’ the l'nited States south to Costa 
     
     Riea, and it has been rceorded from Cuba. Jamaica, and San Domingo. It is 
     
     ot'aeeidental oeeurrenee at Key West, Florida. 
     
    
   
   
    
     320. Columbigallina, passerina. terrestris (,‘lmpm. Gnorxn 
     
     DUVE; Moritxlxu Dona. Ar]. 5 .—I“orehead and under parts viimeeous, the 
     
     centers of' the breastrfeathers blackish : top and baek of the head bluish slate— 
     
     color; back brownish gray ; tail blackish. the outer feathers with small white 
     
     tips; base of the bill coral—red. tip black. Ar]. 9 . imilar, but the forehead 
     
     and under parts pale brownish gray. lnz.#l{esembles the 9 . but the feathers 
     
     are tipped with whitish. L., 6'75: \\'., 3'60: T., 2‘50; 13.. :30. 
     
    

    
     kappa—South Atlantic and Gulf States north to North Carolina, west to 
     
     more eominon near the coast than inland. 
     
    

    
     Washington, aeeidental ; two records. 
     
     nest. on the ground or in low trees or bushes. Eggs. two, white, '85 x ‘67. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     This diminutive Pigeon frequents both pines Ell)( “hummeeks,” 
     
     lake-shores and old fields. and in some southern towns is a familiar 
     
     bird of the quieter streets. It is by no means shy, and runs before 
     
     one with quick. short steps and a g ‘aeefnl movement of the head. Oe- 
     
     casionally it holds its tail upright. Wiring it a peculiar bantamlike ap- 
     
     pearance. Its flight is short, and when on the wing it bears an odd 
     
     resemblance to a short—tailed Japanese kite. 
     
    

    
     Its favorite roosting places are densely foliaged orange trees, and 
     
     frequently when the bird is hidden in their depths one may hear its 
     
     mellow, crooning ('00s uttered so softly that they float on the air as 
     
     though born of murmuring,r winds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     322. Geotrygon martinica, (Gnu/.3. QI'AII. Dork—Upper parts 
     
     rul'ous. with brilliant metallie reflections; wings rut'ous; a white line beneath 
     
     the eye: breast vinaeeous; belly white. 14.,11'00; W., 6'20; T, 5'00; 15., ‘50. 
     
    

    
     [tangle—I’lorivla Keys and \Vest Indies 
     
     , two, oehmeeous-white, 1-2:! x "H (Bendire). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Nest, in trees. [ff/y.» 
     
    

    
     A West Indian species which occurs during the summer regularly, 
     
     but, so far as known, only in small numbers in the Florida Keys. 
     
    

    
     The Quail Doves inhabit. wooded distriets. where they live on the 
     
     ground. Their flight is low and noiseless, and, aeeording to my ex-