BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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end; primaries, mostly black; breast, ashy-grey; abdomen, 

 black; flanks and vent, rich deep chestnut; under tail- 

 coverts, white ; irides, dark hazel ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 

 Length, about thirteen inches. 



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The Killdeer Plover {^Ai^^ialitis voci/cra, Linnaeus) is a very 

 rare abnormal autumn migrant to the British Islands, and 

 inhabits the Nearctic Region with the exception of the 

 extreme north. The adult of this plover can be dis- 

 tinguished from its British allies by the lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts being rufous. Length, from nine to 

 ten inches. 



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