﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  349 
  

  

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

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

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

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

   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 
  conspicuoits 
  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 
  9-11.5 
  inches; 
  extent 
  19-21; 
  wing 
  6-6.75; 
  f^-il 
  3-5~4' 
  tarsus 
  

   1. 
  4-1. 
  5 
  ; 
  tibia 
  bare 
  .8; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  1.12 
  ; 
  bill 
  .']-.g. 
  

  

  Yuung 
  Killdeer 
  hiding 
  

  

  I'lic.io 
  i'3 
  'iiiy 
  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 
  

  

  