BIRDS DISTINCTLY MARKED 



Killdeer Plover 



273. Killdeer Plover — Oxyechus vociferus -voci- 

 ferus. 



Length 10J/2 inches. 



A long-winged, long-legged bird. Underparts, 

 forehead and spot behind eye white; a black band 

 on neck and one on upper breast; black on upper 

 crown and before eves ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts rich light buffy; crown and back grayish 

 brown. 



Common on wet mud flats and on river and lake 

 shores in spring and autumn. In summer nesting 

 pairs occur in high pasture lands. The notes, 

 Kildeer, Kildeer, or Kildee, Kildee, are loud and 

 readily identify the species. 



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