Kiev IC) Till'; WAIICK r.lKDS Ol I I.OKIDA, 



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land coast as a rule. A lew \ ears a^'o there was a L;"reat llij^ht ot these 

 liirds along the coast of Massachusetts in December, and hundreds of 

 theni were sent to market and sold. 1 killed sexeral near Ilyannis, Mass., 

 at that time. 



^^Jgialites vocifera. 



The Killdeer is a common bird in Florida. The CL^fj^rs are pale brownish 

 white mottled and lined with chocolate In-own. 



IS a coi 

 usualh' 



nmon 

 four, 



Subgenus i^EGIALITIS Boie. 



/EGIALITIS SEMI PALH ATA Boiial^. 

 Semipalmated Plover. Ring=neck. 



Achilt : Forehead white, succeeded !)> a liand of Mack: rest 

 of head, back, and wings ashy gray : a dull stripe of blackish 

 passing from the bill under the eye to the sides of the neck : a 

 small patch of white back of the eye : a broad Ijand of l)lack on 

 tiie breast; rest of under parts wiiite : throat white, extending 

 -. around the neck and joining at the liack in a very narrow 



stripe : secondaries tipped with white ; bill i)latk. orange at the 

 base: a bright orange ring around the eye. 



Aditlt in sitiiiiiicr : Toes with small webs. 



Length, 6.S0 : Wing, 4.75 ; Tarsus, .93 : Bill, .50. 



Ranges from the Arctic regions to South 

 America, breeding from Labrador northward. It 

 species on our coast during the migrations. The eggs are 

 pale brownish white spotted with chocolate brown. 



