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  • Killdeer Plover. [underlined] Oxyechus vociferus [underlined] Huntingdon B.C. [British Columbia] Feby. [February] 15/35 [1935]. A flock of half a dozen kept flying about Coll's newly plowed field cor [corner] McKenzie + Farmer Rds [roads]. Heard several flying high up last night in bright moonlight. Nov. [November] 9. 1935. Terra Nova. quite common and about 25 seen on flats + flying over nearby fields. Sea Island B.C. [British Columbia] March 2 + 3. 1938. Seen + heard in different places N.W. [northwest] end of Island + foreshore. Sea Isd [Island] BC [British Columbia] Mch [March] 8/39 [1939]. Two seen in cow pasture with [illegible word] by Shannon Rd. [road] Mud Bay, Ladner B.C. [British Columbia] Aug [August] 14. 1940. Seven or eight of these birds seen with them was one Semi palmated Plover. Feby. [February] 21/42 [1942] Sea Is. [Island] Seen + heard in fields at west end of Island. Brooks says to note + check the curious change in plumage of these birds after breeding. They assume a very ruddy tone. See specimen # [space left blank] in collection K.R.
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