KILLDEER 



3. Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (Linnaeus) 

 Killdeer 



Sexes alike. Length, 255 mm. (10.00 in.); 

 tail, 95 mm. (3.70 in.). Forehead, streak over 

 the eye, throat, ring around the neck, and rest 

 of underparts, white except for two black bands 

 crossing chest, the upper one broadest; crown 

 and back grayish brown; rump and upper tail 

 coverts tawny; tail feathers largely tawny, be- 

 coming black towards the end and tipped with 

 white. Bill black; feet light grayish. 



A migrant recorded by Jewel from Gatun. 

 Seen also at Patillo Point in the spring. Found 

 in open places inland as well as along the shore. 

 Its commonest note is a shrill two-syllabled call 

 from which it gets its name. The tawny, 

 black and white of the rather long tail is con- 

 spicuous when the bird is flushed. 







4. Charadrius semipalmatus (Bonaparte) 

 Semipalmated Plover 



JEgialitis semipalmata STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 244. 



Sexes similar. Length, 178 mm. (7.00 in.); 

 tail, 55 mm. (2.20 in.). Above brownish gray; 

 front of crown, band across base of bill, sides of 

 head below eye, and band on breast that almost 

 encircles neck, black; forehead, throat, ring 

 around neck above the black band, parts of 

 outer tail feathers, and under parts, white. 

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