or bushes or precariously suspended among tangled vines. Their two eggs
are white or creamy white, and measure 1.15 x .85.

320. GROUND DOVE. _Columbigallina passerina terrestris._

Range.--South Atlantic and Gulf States to eastern Texas.

The Ground Doves are the smallest of the family, measuring but about 6.5
inches in length. Their nesting habits and eggs are exactly like those
of the next to be described. They are very abundant, especially along
the South Atlantic coast.

320a. MEXICAN GROUND DOVE. _Chaemepelia passerinus pallescens._

Range.--Border of the United States from Texas to southern California
and southward.

This paler sub-species builds a nest of twigs and weeds, placing the
flat structure either in low bushes or on the ground. Their two white
eggs are laid during April to July, they sometimes rearing two broods a
season. Size of eggs, .85 x .65.

320b. BERMUDA GROUND DOVE. _Chaemepelia passerina bermudiana._

Range.--Bermuda. Smaller and paler than the last; otherwise the same in
nesting habits and eggs.

[Illustration: White-fronted Dove. White-winged Dove.]
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321. INCA DOVE. _Scardafella inca._

Range.--Mexican border of the United States south to Central America and
Lower California.

This handsome species is about the size of the last, but its tail is
longer and graduated, consequently its length is greater, it being about
8 inches long. It is not an uncommon species along our Mexican border,
but is not nearly as abundant as is the Ground Dove. It is often called
"Scaled Dove" because of the blackish edges of nearly all its feathers.
They build fairly compact nests of twigs, rootlets and weeds, these
being placed in bushes at a low elevation. They are two in number and
pure white. Size .85 x .65.

322. KEY WEST QUAIL DOVE. _Geotrygon chrysia._

Range.--West Indies, rarely found at Key West, although supposed to have
been common there in Audubon's time. This species is of about the size
of the Mourning Dove, has rusty colored upper parts, and is whitish
below, the white below the eye being separated from that of the throat
by a stripe of dusky from the base of the bill. They nest in trees,
laying two buffy white eggs. Size 1.15 x .9O.

322.1. RUDDY QUAIL DOVE. _Geotrygon montana._

Range.--Central America, north to eastern Mexico and the West Indies;
once taken at Key West. Th