146 BAY-BIRDS. 
coverts white ; primaries brown; a large portion of 
the inner webs white; a spot of the same on the 
outer webs of the inner quills; secondaries white, 
with a large spot of brown towards the ends ; lower 
surface of the wings white, a black band round the 
lower part of the neck, broadest on the sides where 
it terminates; entire lower plumage white. Female 
similar, with the band on the neck brown. Length 
seven inches, wing four and a half.”’— Giraud. 
KILDEER. 
Charadrius Vociferus, Wils. 
A worthless bird, furnishing no sport, and poor 
eating. 
“ Specific Character.—A band on the forehead pass- 
ing back to the eye; a line over the eye, upper part 
of the neck all round, and a band on the lower part 
of the fore-neck, white ; above and below the latter, 
a broad black band; rump and upper tail-coverts 
orange red. Adult with the bill black ; at the base 
a band of blackish-brown; on the forehead a band 
of white passing back to the eye; directly above a 
band of black; rest of the head brown, with a 
band of white behind the eye; throat white ; a broad 
band of the same color encircling the upper part of 
the neck ; middle of the neck encircled with black, 
much broader on the fore-neck; below which, on 
the fore-neck, a band of white, followed by a band 
of black on the lower neck, the feathers of which are 
tipped with white, of which color are the breast, 
