=316. Mourning Dove, Carolina Dove= (_Zenaidura macroura_). L. 11.8. Outer tail-feathers slate color at base of inner web. _Ad._ [Male]. Chin whitish; sides of head buffy; _a black ear mark_. _Ad._ [Female]. Similar but paler, breast more ashy brown, neck-feathers less iridescent. _Notes._ _Coo-o-o-ah, coo-o-o-coo-o-o-coo-o-o._

Range.--North America, breeding from West Indies and Mexico north to southern Maine, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia; winters from southern New York, southern Illinois, Kansas and southern California southward.

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=317. Zenaida Dove= (_Zenaida zenaida_). L. 10. _Ad._ [Male]. Tail short, _without_ white markings; all but central pair of feathers tipped with ashy blue; secondaries tipped with white. _Ad._ [Female]. Similar but pinkish of crown and underparts brownish; neck feathers less iridescent. _Notes._ Resemble those of No. 316, but are louder and deeper.

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Range.--Greater Antilles, coast of Yucatan and Bahamas, north in April to Florida Keys.

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=318. White-fronted Dove= (_Leptotila fulviventris brachyptera_). L. 12. No black ear-mark; under wing-coverts rusty chestnut. _Ad._ [Male]. Forehead whitish; all but central pair of tail-feathers tipped with white. _Ad._ [Female]. Forehead dingier; breast brownish ashy; neck feathers less iridescent. _Notes._ A short, soft _coo_.

Range.--Central America and Mexico, north in February to valley of Lower Rio Grande.

=319. White-winged Dove= (_Melopelia leucoptera_). L. 12. Wing-coverts, externally, widely margined with white; large black ear marks. _Ads._ All but central pair of tail-feathers bluish slate with a black band and whitish tip. _Notes._ A loud, crowing _cookeree-cookeree-coo-ree-coo_, _crow-co-er-coo_, _crow-co-er-coo_.

Range.--Southern border of United States from Texas to Arizona south to Lower California and Central America, Cuba and Jamaica, casual at Key West, Florida.

=320. Ground Dove; Mourning Dove= (_Columbigallina passerina terrestris_). L. 6.7. Smallest of our Doves. _Ad._ [Male]. Forehead and underparts deep vinaceous pink; hindhead and nape ashy blue margined with dusky; base of bill _coral_, tip black. _Ad._ [Female]. Forehead and breast brownish gray; breast feathers with dusky centers and margins. _Notes._ A soft, crooning _coo_.