| The Blackfeet names for the killdee and for the big curlew are in imitation of the cry of each bird. |
| The meadow larks call from the pasture, and overhead the killdee pipes his plaintive call. |
| Dale Killdee of Michigan, the subcommittee's ranking minority member, also participated in the hearing. |
| He ran along before the children as nimbly as a killdee, talking and laughing all the time. |
