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When pursued, it runs rapidly : if closely followed, it takes wing, 

 uttering a mellow note — though at such times its voice is more 

 shrill than the soft tones it makes when not disturbed. In autumn, 

 like most of the shore-birds, it gets very fat, and is excellent food. 

 With the bay-men it is familiar by the name of " Beach bird." 



CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS— LINN. 



KILDEER PLOVER. 



Oharadrius vociferus, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Charadrius vociferus, Bonap. Syn. 



Charadrius vociferus, Kildeer Plover, Sw. & Rich. 



Kildeer Plover, Nutt. Man. 



Kildeer Plover, Charadrius vociferus, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Spccifc Character — A band on the forehead passing back to the' 

 eye ; a line over the eye, upper part of the neck all round and a 

 band on the lower part of the fore reck. white ; above and below 

 the latter a broad black band; rump and upper tail coverts orange 

 red. Adult with the bill black, at the base a band of blackish 

 brown ; on the forehead a band of white passing back to the eye, 

 directly above a band of black ; rest part of the head brown, with 

 a band of white behind the eye ; throat white ; a broad band of the 

 same color encircling the upper part of the neck ; middle of the 

 neck encircled with black, much broader on the fore neck ; below 

 which, on the fore neck, a band of white, followed by a band of 

 black on the lower neck, the feathers of which are tipped with 

 white, of which color are the breast, abdomen, under tail coverts 

 and sides, the latter faintly tinged with yellow ; tail rather long, 

 rounded ; the outer feathers white, barred with brownish-black, 

 their tips white, with a single spot of blackish-brown on the outer 

 web ; the rest pale reddish-brown at the base, changing into 

 brownish-black toward the ends, which are white ; some of the 

 inner feathers tipped with yellowish-brown ; the middle feathers are 

 plain brown, with a darker spot toward the ends, which are slightly 

 tipped with white ; upper tail coverts and rump reddish-brown, the 



