. . Only one hadtaken grain, and of that only a few waste kernels. Nash statesthat its food consists of earthworms and insects, of whichsmall beetles form the greater part, and that a brood of thesebirds and their parents will relieve a farm of an enormousnumber of insects daily. He has known stomachs of thisspecies to be completely filled with weevils taken from or-chards.^ Eaton found it feeding on grasshoppers, beetles,caterpillars and a few water insects. Throughout the country,wherever the Killdeer is found, it is very destructi
. . Only one hadtaken grain, and of that only a few waste kernels. Nash statesthat its food consists of earthworms and insects, of whichsmall beetles form the greater part, and that a brood of thesebirds and their parents will relieve a farm of an enormousnumber of insects daily. He has known stomachs of thisspecies to be completely filled with weevils taken from or-chards.^ Eaton found it feeding on grasshoppers, beetles,caterpillars and a few water insects. Throughout the country,wherever the Killdeer is found, it is very destructive to weevils,some species of which cost the farmers of the L^nited Statesmillions of dollars annually. The Killdeer takes weevils fromploughed fields as well as from orchards, and it is one of theenemies of the Mexican cotton boll weevil. » Nash, C. W.: The Birds of Ontario, 1909 p. 25 (Bull. 173, Ontario Dept. of Agr.). 352 GAME BIRDS. WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER {Mgialitis semipalmata).Common or local names: Ring-neck; Little Length. — inches; bill .50; feet partly webbed. Adult. — Forehead white, bordered all around by a black band that alsosurrounds the eye and extends below and behind it; spot behind eye,chin, throat and ring around neck white; a black collar around base ofneck; rest of upper parts grayish brown; under parts white; legs andfeet pale flesh color; base of bill orange or yellow, tip black. Young. — No black markings; white of forehead reaches bill and eyes, andis prolonged over latter, neck ring and stripe behind eye gray; upperparts with slight whitish or rusty edgings of the feathers; bill mostlyblack. Field Marks. — One black ring around neck. This bird is the color of wetsand, while the Piping Plover, which is about the same size, is the colorof dry sand. Notes. — A simple, sweet, plaintive call. CJiee-wee (HoflFmann). Season. — Common spring and autumn migrant coastwise, rare inland; lateApril to mid Octo
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