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Killdeer (continued) 



Call no. 



Nu Ke7 Adult Brooding. Cascadilla valley, Ithaca. (April 30, 1910) 



Allen 



The young birds have run beneath the old bird's wings. 

 The bill of plovers is much shorter than that of sandpipers. 



Nu Ke8 Adult Feigning Distress near Nest. (May 1907) Allen 



Nu Ke9 Adult on Wing. (April 30, 1910) Allen 



The wings are long and pointed. The killdeer is very swift 

 on the witig. 



Kingbird (Tyr annus tyr annus) 



A common summer resident of New York, widely distributed 

 and usually found in orchards, pastures and roadsides. It is one 

 of the flycatchers and feeds upon beetles, bees, grasshoppers, 

 moths and other insects. This bird will attack and drive away a 

 hawk or a crow. 8.4-8.75 



Nu Kh Adult on Twig near Nest, Front View. Cardiff. (1910) 



Bailey 



This nest with young birds was removed from the top of a 

 tree and placed as shown in the picture. The adults continued 

 to feed their young regularly as if the nest were in its natural 

 place. 



Nu Kh2 Adult on Twig near Nest, Side View. Cardiff. (1910) 



Bailey 



The bird here has a honey bee in its mouth. Some beekeepers 

 believe that kingbirds feed upon the workers, but examinations 

 of the birds' stomachs show that the bees the birds feed upon 

 are largely drones. Note the erect posture. Most flycatchers 

 perch even more erect. 



Nu Kh5 Three Young Birds Placed on Twig, Adult Female Perched 

 near Them. Arcade. (1906) R.H.Beebe 



The white band on the end of the tail is a good field mark. 



