273. KILLDEER. 10 in. 



(Oxyechus vociferus.) 



Gray-brown; rump rusty-brown; tail rather long; white 

 below; white collar followed by a black collar; black band 

 across breast; forehead, line over eye and wing-bar white; 

 bill black; runs very swiftly; note, lovid and persistent "kill- 

 dee," often heard high overhead; found mostly inland. 



274. SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER. 6^4 in. 



(Aegialitis semipalmata. ) 

 Forehead, throat and collar around jicck white, followed 

 by a black collar broadening across breast; below white; 

 gray-brown above; in small scattering flocks along beaches 

 or water-courses; call, very sweet, two or three notes, ascend- 

 ing; rather silent but not shy. Piping Plover. 



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