Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

MOURNING DOVE.

316. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. 12 inches.

Now that the Passenger Pigeon has become extinct, this is the only one to be found nearly all over the United States, and is common in the southern, central and western parts. Nests are placed at low elevations in the trees. Two white eggs (1.15 × .80).