146 BAY-BIRDS. 



coverts white ; primaries brown ; a large portion of 

 the inner webs white ; a spot of the same on the 

 outer webs of the inner quills ; secondaries white, 

 with a large spot of brown towards the ends ; lower 

 surface of the wings white, a black band round the 

 lower part of the neck, broadest on the sides where 

 it terminates ; entire lower plumage white. Female 

 similar, with the band on the neck brown. Length 

 seven inches, wing four and a half." Giraud. 



KILDEER. 



Charadrius Vodferus, Wils. 



A worthless bird, furnishing no sport, and poor 

 eating. 



" Specific Character. A band on the forehead pass- 

 ing 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-neck, 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 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, 



