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SHOKE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



GENUS AEGIALITIS BOIE. 



SUBGENUS OXYECHUS REICH. 



AEQFALITIS VOCIFERA (Linn.). 



KHldeer Plover. 



Ailult: Crown nud back, brownish gray, feathers tipped with rufous; a ring around the 



neck, lores, and a patch ou the breast, black ; fore- 

 head, white ; throat and spot behind the eye and a 

 baud around the ueck, white; lower breast and 

 belly, white ; tail coverts and rump, bright rufous ; 

 tail, rufous and gray, tipped with black and white; 

 bill, black. 

 Length, 10.65; wing, 6.55; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .75. 



The Killdeer Plover ranges on the Atlantic 

 coast from Newfoundland to the West Indies and 

 South America, although as a rule it is a rare bird 

 in New England. In November, 1888, a great 

 flight of these birds occurred along the coast of 

 Massachusetts, and hundreds of them were offered 

 for sale in the markets. The writer killed several 



near Hyannis, Mas*., at that time. It is abundant in the Gulf States in winter, 

 and its shrill notes are very familiar sounds to the Southern sportsmen. 



It breeds throughout its range. The eggs are described as pale brownish 

 white, mottled and lined with chocolate brown. 



