BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



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upper tail coverts, central portion of lateral tail feathers, and tip of central 

 tail feathers pale rufous, or ocherous buff; central tail feathers and sub- 

 terminal zone of lateral feathers blackish ; lateral tail feathers largely tipped 

 with white and the outside pair white on the basal half, with three or fotir 

 dusky bars on the inner webs ; under parts and lining of wings pure white ; 

 wing feathers dusky with their central portions largely white, running 

 further back on the secondaries, thus forming a conspicuous angular white 

 wing stripe; bill black; feet dull flesh color; eyelids orange-red. Immature- 

 Similar but duller, and edged with rusty on the upper parts. 



Length 9-1 1.5 inches; extent 19-21; wing 6-6.75; tail 3.5-4; tarsus 

 1. 4-1. 5; tibia bare .8; middle toe and claw 1.12; bill .7-9. 



Y<junK Killdeer hiding 



Photo by Ouy A. Bailey 



Range and migration. The Killdeer plover inhabits temperate America 

 as far north as Manitoba and Newfoundland, wintering from the Middle States 

 to the West Indies and northern South America. It is a common summer 

 resident in the interior of New York State, especially in the western and 

 central parts. In the lower Hudson valley it is practically unknown as a 

 summer resident, and on Long Island it is very rare, though apparently 

 not unusual in Giraud's time. As a migrant it is fairly common in some 

 seasons on Long Island and in eastern New York, appearing from the 



