jy^rtc^s. 
Marcus N. Baker shot a Killdeer Ployer at Scituate, 
Mass., Dec. 31, 1888; length 10, wing 6.26, extent 20, tail 
4, tarsus 1.40, bill .80; a splendid specimen, the pectoral 
half ring unusually broad. H. D. Eastman, Framing- 
ham, Mass. 
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O & O. XIV. Feb. 1889 p. 29 
A heavy flight of Killdeer Plover lias been attract- 
ing considerable attention. They appeared the 28th 
of November at Nantucket, Chatham, and other 
points on Cape Cod, and in scattering bunches made 
their way all along the coast up to Essex. They 
were driven in by the storm and seemed in no hurry 
to depart. Killdeer have been of late quite scarce in 
this locality, and the question is, where did they 
come from? 
They were offered in the Boston market at one 
dollar a dozen, but when it was found that “those 
taxidermist chaps” were after them, the price rapid- 
ly advanced. 
“The Killdeers are flying around yet, but not quite 
so plentiful as they were after the hard storm. You 
could see them most anywhere. I have not seen any 
before since I was a boy (about 35 years) ; then they used 
to be here all summer, and were found in pairs. They 
nested in the old mossy field.”— R. S. Young, Chatham, 
Mass., December 17, 1888. 
O.&O. XIV, jU*. 1889 p./y 
A Killdeer Plover shot December 25, on Charles River, 
just out of Boston, by W. P. Coues. 
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From Eastern Maes, M.A.Frazar. 
, solitar y kildeer 
p lover was seen and killed at the same place'on April 1. 
f'S.Wwt w4-^, YVU^S. 
Bor, & Stria, April 24, 1800. p. 2 qs 
fyUul'k t 3 J- . , 
^Egialitis vocifera. — One Killdeer was shot on Muskeget, Feb. 28, 1890, 
the only one seen. I have preserved the skin. — George IT. Mackay, 
Boston , Mass. Auk* VII. July, 1890, p, 2?s57 
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