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brown commences fit the base of the upper mandible, 

 extends half-way to tlie eye, where it changes to 

 reddish-brown ; upper part of head and tlie hind 

 neck dusky, tlie feathers margined with greyish 

 \vliite — a few touches of i)ale reddish-brown on the 

 hitter ; throat, fore-neck, breast, and abdomen red- 

 dish-brown ; vent wliite ; lower tail coverts Avhit'.', 

 spotted with dusky; upi^er jjlumage bhickish-brown, 

 upper tail-coverts barred with black and white ; tail 

 pale brown, margined with white; primary coverts 

 black, tipped with white; secondary coverts grey- 

 ish-brown, margined with white. Young with the 

 ui)per parts greyish-brown ; the feathers with cen- 

 tral dusky streaks, a narrow line of cimiamon-color 

 towards their margins, which are dull white; the 

 lower parts ash-grey. Length of adult, ten inches ; 

 wing, six and three-quarters." — GiraiuL 



Upland Plover. 



Grey, Grass, or Field Plover. 



JBartram's Sandpiper. 



Tringd Bartramia, Wils. 



This bird, although scientifically not a plover, is, 



by its habits, entitled to an appellation that common 



consent has bestowed upon it. It is found upon tlie 



uplands, never frequenting the marshes except by 



crossing them while migrating, and feeds, not on 



shell-fish or the innumerable minute insects that live 



in sand and salt mud, but on the grasshoppers and 



seeds of the open fields. It never takes the slightest 



