. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 256 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK KiLLDBEE. Oxyechus vociferus Ad. — Head and back brown ; ring entirely around neck white, edged on the hind neck with black ; forehead, stripe over eye, throat, and lower parts white ; two black bands across breast, the lower one narrow ; rump and base of tail cinnamon. Nest, on ground. Eggs, buffy-white, with chocola
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 256 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK KiLLDBEE. Oxyechus vociferus Ad. — Head and back brown ; ring entirely around neck white, edged on the hind neck with black ; forehead, stripe over eye, throat, and lower parts white ; two black bands across breast, the lower one narrow ; rump and base of tail cinnamon. Nest, on ground. Eggs, buffy-white, with chocolate markings, chiefly at the larger end. The Killdeer is a rare summer resident in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and a rare spring and fall migrant along the coast. It occa- sionally appears in western Massachu- setts, and on Long Island has been re- corded in every month hut January. In the breeding sea- son it is noisy and restless, continually uttering the com- plaining kill-dee, from which it gets its name, and occa- sionally a rolling whistle a little like that of the Upland Plover. Like most of the plovers, it bobs constantly. It may be readily distin- guished from the smaller E,ing-necks by the iwo bands of black and by the cinnamon rump and base of tail, which are conspicuous in flight. The Killdeer's wings are long and narrow, and its flight graceful and vigorous, suggesting somewhat that of the Fig. 76. Killdeer. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
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