. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . golden plover is a common migrant eastof the Rocky Mountains, but less frequently seen toward the Pacificcoast. For an interesting account of its breeding habits see NelsonsBirds of Alaska. GENUS ^EGIALITIS. General Characters. — Hind toe wanting ; bill much shorter than head ;colors plain, with or without black bands. KEY TO SPECIES. ]. Chest without trace of black bars montaiia, p. 105. 1. Chest with complete or interrupted bar of black or dusky in adults. 2
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . golden plover is a common migrant eastof the Rocky Mountains, but less frequently seen toward the Pacificcoast. For an interesting account of its breeding habits see NelsonsBirds of Alaska. GENUS ^EGIALITIS. General Characters. — Hind toe wanting ; bill much shorter than head ;colors plain, with or without black bands. KEY TO SPECIES. ]. Chest without trace of black bars montaiia, p. 105. 1. Chest with complete or interrupted bar of black or dusky in adults. 2. Chest with two black bars vocifera. p. 103. 2. Chest with one complete or interrupted bar of black or Chest with complete Bill not over .55. 5. Front toes connected by web at base . semipalmata. p. Middle and inner toe not connected by web at base. circumciiicta, p. 104. 4. Bill about .80 wilsonia, p. 105. 3. Chest with only a black spot on each side . . nivosa, p. 105. Subgenus Oxyechus. 273. JEgialitis VOCifera (Linn.). KILLDEER. Adults. — Chest crossed by two black bands, the upper encircling the. 104 PLOVERS neck; forehead, collar, and under parts white;front of crown black ; rump and sides of tail brightochraceous yellow; rest of upper parts dull olivebrown. Young: similar to adults but duller, withmuch rusty on back. Length: , , bill ., tarsus Distribution. — Whole of temperate North Amer-ica, breeding throughout its range, wintering fromCalifornia and the Gulf coast of the UnitedFi 10 Kil deer States and West Indies south to northern South America. Nest. — A slight depression in bare ground. Eggs: 4, dull buffy,spotted with dark brown and black. The killdeer is everywhere too common to need description, andeven its name, dinned in our ears from morning till night fromroadside puddles, barnyard, and meadow in the shrill kill-dee, kill-dee, kill-dee, kill-dee, becomes almost tiresomely familiar. Voci
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