273. Oxyechus vociferus 
KILLDEER. 10.50 inches 
Adult. Above brown; forehead and stripe over eye white; line 
above bill and under Sis black; ring around neck white; rump 
and base of tail cinnamon ; tail rounded, outer feathers white, dark 
band across end. Below, throat white ; two Gm me | 

bands on breast black ; belly white ; bill black. 
Frequents pastures, ploughed fields and marshes. 
It bobs when standing. 
Note. “A shrill £2//-dee.” 
Nest. On the ground, in dry pasture land. 
Breeds. Rare and locally along the coast. 
’ More common in spring and fall migrations 
and in southern New England. 

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