. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE KILL-DEER PLOVER. 45^5 ing poculiar , kill groat numr)ors of I have known two to bag sixty dozen in two days' shoo ;
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE KILL-DEER PLOVER. 45^5 ing poculiar , kill groat numr)ors of I have known two to bag sixty dozen in two days' shoo ; and are on record of still greater nnm- bers seeured. The flesh of this bird is very delieI und nne-fiavored; and the birds are in great demand in a^l wir f'' ':';"'^'"^^,^^'''^"^ >'igl» Pnces with the favorite AVoodcock. The Golden Plover feeds on grasshoppers various msects, and berries, but is seldom found in the inte^ nor o New England ; the pastures, fields, sandy hills, and dry islands near the scacoast, being its favorite resorts iEGIALITIS, RoiE. ^l^MUis, ^^n^v., rsis (I822), ,W8. ClVpe ChnraMus Inatlcul,,, L ) llmnaKe ,n,â.e .,r , without .spots; neck and head ffcnomllv with .lark ; iront of the ^s with arranged verticallv <'f Ui".! h ^ two or three in a transverse series. ^niiaiij, ot ,vh,,i, are Tliis freiius, as Car as Xorth AnuTica is coâ., liirds Am., V. (1842) 207. MJi, V. oâ ((/(« w//W'««, IJonaparte. List (1838). Description. Wings long, reaching to the end of the tail, which is rather long; head above and np,,er parts o, body light-brown with a greenish tinge; and ^,,,: ; coverts rulons, on the latter; front and linos over and under the eve whit ⢠another band o. black in front above the white ; stripe f-on, the of t J 11 .war s the br.,wnish-biack; ring encircling the neck and wide band o, t e breast Idaek; throat white, wh
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