188 SHORE BIRDS. 



north in May, parsing through interior of 

 N.A. Note, a single, mellow whistle. Flight, 

 as in the last. 

 136. EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Differs from the last in having the 

 axillaries and under wing coverts white. 

 Northern Europe and Eastern Greenland. 



137. KILLDEER. 



A slender Plover, 10 long; tail, long, 

 rounded; double black ring on neck. Ashy- 

 brown above; lower back, rump, upper tail 

 coverts and tail pale cinnamon, the lattter 

 tipped with white, preceded by a black 

 band; band on wing, forehead, and under 

 parts, white; eyelids, red; fig. 135. Young, 

 a little more reddish above. Bill, black; 

 feet, yellow in all stages. Downy young, 

 with a single band on neck.. Noisy, con- 

 stantly crying, killdee, in loud and shrill 

 tones as it flies. Flight, rapid, not direct 

 for the bird twists and turns; wing-beats 

 quick, but long and decided. Frequents 

 moist places either on the coast or in the in- 



