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"Leptotila"
"mourning dove"
(tan-breasted, gray-backed dove, the size
of a turtle dove (larger?) with rounded, white-edged
tail)
Hendrickson
1950
Oct. 22 5 km. N. Villavieja, 1400 ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A.
Found a nest containing two eggs in
a pocket in a 6'-10' cliff-face W. of
R.R. tracks, almost on a line thru
camp and R.R. culvert just N of camp.
The pocket lay opened W.N.W. The nest
was a flat collection of sticks and
grass stems. A female flushed off
the nest as I approached.
cliff face
minor ledge
ferns
major ledge
pocket
nest
broad leaved,
shrubby plants
cliff face
Nov. 1 Perico shot on a female with an
oviducal egg this P.M.; it was
in a small tree in the thicket
around camp. Local name (general)
is "tortula"
Nov. 3 In Duebaba Carbetana about '1/2 mile
downstream (WSW) from camp, watched
two individuals sitting back and
forth on a limb about 15 ft. above
me, slapping one-another violently
with their wings. I approached to