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anxious, and the female often feigns lameness. The food of the Killdeer 

 Plover consists of worms, insects, small crustaceans, &c. It sometimes 

 follows the plough to pick up larvae and insects. 



The Killdeer Plover bears a somewhat superficial resemblance to the 

 Ringed Plover ; but it is a slightly larger bird, with two black bands across 

 the chest and a long wedge-shaped tail, the base of which and the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts are chestnut-buff. 



RINGED PLOVER. 



