. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 46. Texas Bob White Fig. 47. Killdeer and evening. Usually feeds upon the ground, taking flightto trees when disturbed. 14. The Texas Boh White or Texas Quail: recognized by its whistle. A variety of the Virginia quail, but paler in color, the pre-vailing shade rather gray than brown. Frequents thicketsand undergrowth, Texas to Kansas. 15. The Killdeer, Kildeer Plover, or Kildee: widely distributed. A very noisy bird — the curious name is derived from its shrilltwo-syllabled whistle, like kil-deer! kil-deer! and may be spelledin four ways
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 46. Texas Bob White Fig. 47. Killdeer and evening. Usually feeds upon the ground, taking flightto trees when disturbed. 14. The Texas Boh White or Texas Quail: recognized by its whistle. A variety of the Virginia quail, but paler in color, the pre-vailing shade rather gray than brown. Frequents thicketsand undergrowth, Texas to Kansas. 15. The Killdeer, Kildeer Plover, or Kildee: widely distributed. A very noisy bird — the curious name is derived from its shrilltwo-syllabled whistle, like kil-deer! kil-deer! and may be spelledin four ways on good authority — killdeer, kildeer, kildur, kil-dee (Cones).2 1 Handbook of Birds of the Western United States, by Florence Mer-riam Bailey, p. 150. 2 Key to North American Birds, p. 775. FAUNA 71 16. The Plover: several species. This is considered one of the Texas game birds. The golden plover is found early in the spring,when it sojourns for a time and then resumes its northwardflight. The Wilson plover frequents the Coastal region, and
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