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     \\'a,-hin_«_rtun, 1’. 1%., must almndant in Inigratiuns. Long Island, not com— 
     
     mon '1'. \'.,1‘eenrtle<l in every month hut .lan. Sing .\"ing. rare '1‘_ V, in fiill; 
     
     Sept. L’N‘ in ()t‘l. 2.3. (‘tllllltl‘ltlu’\‘. .\. V.. twn instant-es, Sept. 
     
    

    
     [ff/11.x" three to I'unr. luutl')‘ \\'ltite..~1mned and scrawled with chocolate, 
     
     Chit-113' at the larger end. 1'50 x 1'10. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In In 'alities where this bird is emninnn it is dillicult to get beyond 
     
     the, reach of its notes. liakesides, ineadnws, pastures, and culti 'ated 
     
     fields all attract it, hut it is more numeruus in the vicinity of water. 
     
     It is a noisy, restless hird, running,r rapidly when on the ground, and 
     
     when on the wing flying swiftly and sometimes pursuing a most; 
     
     irregular course. As a rule it is found in flocks, which scatter when 
     
     feeding hut unite when taking wing. At the llI‘St} sign of danger it 
     
     utters its half—plaintive, half-petulant Mil (lee. kill-(1w, and when thor- 
     
     oughly alarmed its outcry increases until. beside, itself with fear, it 
     
     rem-hes the, limit of its weal powers. Although by no means shy, the 
     
     Killdeer never seems to gain (milidenee in man. and at his approach 
     
     always gives voiee, to its fair. liven at night I have heard it cry out: 
     
     at some r \al er fancied danger. 
     
    
   
   
    
     274. Egialitis semipalmata. lionup. (\‘i-nnrALMA'ri-m PLOVER; RING- 
     
     NECK. (See Fig. :15. (1. ill. (a) “11/. in NHHU/Itl‘."l“L‘K1tllL‘l'S at the liaise 0f the 
     
     upper imindihle. front of the 
     
     erewn. sides of the head be 
     
     low the eye. and a hand 
     
     on the hreast. which gener— 
     
     ally eneireles the neek all 
     
     around. ltlilk'k: rest of under 
     
     parts and a Till}: around the, 
     
     neck white; hack of head 
     
     and hat-k hrewnish gray; 
     
     inner tail—feathers brownish 
     
     gray. miter ones becoming 
     
     gradually white; toes in bbwl 
     
     at [7w lump, Il'i/ztr‘r 11/1/11.— 
     
     (Ig/e. rrSimilar. hut the bl: 'k 
     
     replaced lvy brownish gray, 
     
     V l,,, 117.”); \\'., 4S0; Tan. '00; 
     
     FIG. 65.7Semipalnmted Plover. (Natural size.) 1),. O. 
     
    

    
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     rador to the wheres nt'the Aretie Sea; winters from the (inlt'States to llraz l. 
     
     Wasliingjtull. ea.\nal. three speeiineim. .\la)’; .\utr. Long Island. ('llllllllt n 
     
     ',l‘.\'..31ay; .\lllj. and Sept. Sing Sing, emnmun '1'. V. in tall; .\ug. :33 :o 
     
     .\‘ept. :10. t‘amlu‘idge, rare in spring: snmetlmes common in Aug. and 
     
     Sept. 
     
     [ff/(Is, three to four, bully white or creamy hufl', spotted with chocolate, 
     
     1'30 x "JO.