. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . Genus /EGIALITIS OXYECHUS Rkich. /EQIALITIS VOCIFERA (//////.).Killdeer Plover. Adult: Crown and back l)rownish gray, feathers tipped witii rufous; a ring around theneck, , and a patcli on the breast l)iack : foreiiead white ; throat and spot behind the eyeand a band around the neck white ; lower breast and belly white; tail coverts and rumpbright rufous; tail rufous and gray tipped with black and white; bill black. Length, ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, .75. The Kill

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. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . Genus /EGIALITIS OXYECHUS Rkich. /EQIALITIS VOCIFERA (//////.).Killdeer Plover. Adult: Crown and back l)rownish gray, feathers tipped witii rufous; a ring around theneck, , and a patcli on the breast l)iack : foreiiead white ; throat and spot behind the eyeand a band around the neck white ; lower breast and belly white; tail coverts and rumpbright rufous; tail rufous and gray tipped with black and white; bill black. Length, ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, .75. The Killdeer Plover ranges on the Atlantic coast from Newfoundlandto the northern part of South America. It is a rare bird on the New Eng- Kiev IC) Till; WAIICK Ol I , 293 land coast as a rule. A lew \ ears a^o there was a L;reat llij^ht ot theseliirds along the coast of Massachusetts in December, and hundreds oftheni were sent to market and sold. 1 killed sexeral near Ilyannis, Mass.,at that ^^Jgialites vocifera. The Killdeer is a common bird in Florida. The CL^fj^rs are pale brownishwhite mottled and lined with chocolate In-own.

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