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U. S. P. R. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY GENERAL REPORT. 
Oxyechus, Reich. 1 
AEG-IALITIS VOCIFEEUS, (Linn.) Cass 
Kiil-deer. 
Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 253- 
Wils Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 73; fig 
V, 577; pi. 225 — Ib. Syn. 222. 
x.— Nutt. Man. II, 
Birds Am. V, 1842, 
-Wilson's Am. Orn. VII.pl. 59, fig. 6.— Aud. B. of Am. 
Chanidrius vecifencs, Li 
22.— Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 191: 
2U7, pi. 317. 
A'gialtes vcdfuas, Bon. List, 1838. 
Oxyeckus vociferus, Reich. Syst. Av. 1853, pi. xviii. 
Charadrius torquatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 17C6, 255. 
Charadrius jamaicensis, Gm. I, 1788, G85. 
Ficures — Catesby's Carolina, Birds, pi. 71.— Buff. PI. Enl. 28G ■ 
pi. 225, oct. ed. V. pi. 317. 
Sp. Ch. — Wings long, reaching to the end of the tail, which is also rather long. Head above and upper parts of body light 
brown with a greenish tinge, rump and upper tail coverts rufous, lighter on the latter. Front and lines over and under the eye, 
white, another band of black in front above the white band ; stripe from the base of the bill towards the occiput, brownish 
black; ring encirclingr. the neck and wide band on the breast, black ; throat white, which color extends upwards around the 
neck ; other under parts white. Quills brownish black with about half of their inner webs white, shorter primaries with a large 
spot of white on their outer webs, secondaries widely tipped or edged with white. Tail feathers pale rufous at base ; the four 
middle, light olive brown tipped with white and with a wide subterminal band of black ; lateral feathers widely tipped with 
white. Entire upper plumage frequently edged and tipped with rufous. Very young, have upper parts liglit gray with a 
longitudinal band on the head and back black ; under parts white. Total length about 9£ inches, wing 6^ ; tail 3? inches. 
Hub. — North America to the Arctic regions, Mexico, South America. 
Frorn its peculiar note, the "Killdeer" is one of the few birds of our country known to all 
classes and ages of the people. It is common throughout North America, wandering apparently 
in the winter season into the southern division of this continent, and to the islands of both the 
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 
List of specimens. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig-1 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
nl' wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
3 
April 7,1844 
10.00 
20.00 
6.25 
Washington, D. C 
Lt. Warren 
9.50 
10.00 
10.75 
11.25 
9.75 
20.00 
20.50 
20.50 
20.25 
18.75 
6.75 
6.25 
7.00 
6.75 
3 
9 
3 
Iris brown ; feet green- 
ish ; bill black. 
do 
Shawnee river, K. T... 
Cedar creek, Neb 
July 30,1857 
df 
6.50 
May 12,1850 
$ 
3 
3 
o o 
O 
Mouth ot Yellowstone.. 
10.00 
21.25 
6.87 
July 19,1856 
Aug. 10,1856 
July 19,1850 
122 
239 
126 
61 
213 
Medicine How, Neb 
Platte river, Neb 
Bryan's Fork, 115 miles 
W. of Fort Riley. 
Laramie river 
July 3,1856 
Aug. -,1856 
Mar. —,1850 
i 
Permanent camp, N. M. 
Near Matanioras, Mex.. 
122 
11.00 
9.00 
20.50 
19.00 
7.00 
6.25 
3 
Kennerly &. Moll- 
hausen. 
3 
Boca Grande, Mex 
Mar. —,1855 
36 
Bodega, Cal 
Dec. —,1854 

3 
366 
8 
9.40 
10.12 
18.80 
20.00 
iln 
Dec. —.1826 
Oxyechus, Reich. Syst. Av. 1853, Introd. xviii 
