Slightly larger than the last, much paler below, with no black ear mark as in the two preceding species, and with the forehead whitish. They build their nests of sticks, grasses and weeds, and place them in tangled vines and thickets a few feet from the ground. Their two eggs, which are laid in May and June, have a creamy white or buffy color. Size 1.15 × .85. They cannot be called a common species within our borders. 319. WHITE-WINGED DOVE. _Melopelia asiatica._ Range.--Central America, Mexico and the southwestern border of the United States. This species is 12 inches in length, has a black patch on the ear coverts, white tips to the greater and lesser coverts and some of the secondaries, and broad white tips to the outer tail feathers, which are black. This species is very abundant in some localities within our borders. Their nests are very frail platforms of twigs placed in trees or bushes or precariously suspended among tangled vines. Their two eggs are white or creamy white, and measure 1.15 × .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. _Chæmepelia 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 × .65. 320b. BERMUDA GROUND DOVE. _Chæmepelia 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.] [Illustration: White.] [Illustration: White.] [Illustration: right hand margin.] Page 196 321. 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 × .65. 322. KEY WEST QUAIL DOVE. _Geotrygon chrysia._