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land coast as a rule. A few years ago there was a great flight of these 
birds along the coast of Massachusetts in December, and hundreds of 
them were sent to market and sold. I killed several near Ilyannis, Mass., 
at that time. 
fEgialites vocifera. 
The Killdeer is a common bird in Florida. The eggs are pale brownish 
white mottled and lined with chocolate brown. 
Suscenus /EGIALITIS Bolte. 
AEGIALITIS SEMIPALIIATA Bonap. 
Semipalmated Plover. Ring=neck. 
Adult; Forehead white, succeeded by a band of black; rest 
of head, back, and wings ashy gray; a dull stripe of blackish 
passing from the bill under the eye to the sides of the neck; a 
small patch of white back of the eye; a broad band of black on 
the breast; rest of under parts white; throat white, extending 
around the neck and joining at the back in a very narrow 
stripe ; secondaries tipped with white ; bill black, orange at the 
base; a bright orange ring around the eye. 
Adult in summer: Toes with small webs. 
Length, 6.80; Wing, 4.75; Tarsus, .93; Bill, .50. 
Ranges from the Arctic regions to South 
ee America, breeding from Labrador northward. It 
is a common species on our coast during the migrations. The eggs are 
usually four, pale brownish white spotted with chocolate brown. 
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