SCOL OP A CID2E : TA TTLERS. 



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tail 3.00; bill 1.50; tarsus 2.00. 9 smaller, lackiug the ruff and tubercles, etc. A widely 

 distribuu'tl bird of the Old World, noted for its pugnacity ; occasionally killed on the coast of 

 New England and the Middle States. (Lawi-ence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., v, 1852, p. 220, 

 Long Island. Cones, Pr. Essex lust., v, 1868, p. 29G ; New England. Brewster, Am. Nat., 

 vi, 1S72, p. ^06; Massachusetts. Brewster, Bull. Nuttall Club, i, 1876, p. 19; Maine. 

 Wheaton, Bull. Nuttall Club, ii, 1877, p. 83 ; Ohio. — Forest and Stream, Oct. 7, 1880, p. 

 ISn : Massachusetts. See Freke, Zoologist, Sept. 1881, p. 376.) 



BAKTRA'3IIA. (To Wui. Bartram.) Bill rather shorter than head, much shorter than tar- 

 sus, about equal to middle toe ; straight, the culmen a little concave in most of its length, the 





Fig. 448. —The Kuft', cf , in full feather, ^ nat. size. (From Brehm.) 



upper mandible grooved for three-fourths its length. Gape very wide and deep, reaching below 

 eyes. Feathers on side of lower mandible scarcely or not reaching opposite those on upper, and 

 not filling the interrauial sjiace. Tail very long, more than one-half the wing, graduated. 

 Wings moderate, pointed. Tibia? denuded for nearly the length of the middle toe. Tarsi 

 scutellate before and behind, .much longer than middle toe and claw. Outer toe moderately 

 webb(!d ; inner cleft to the base. Size medium ; neck and legs long ; head small ; coloration 

 liiLclily variegated; sexes alike; no great seasonal changes. One species. 

 B. longieau'da. (Lat. longus, long ; cauda, tail.) Bartramian Sandpiper. Bartram's 

 Tattler. Upland Plover. Field Plover. Grass Plover. Prairie Pigeon. Adult 

 ^ 9 • Above, blackish, intimately variegated with tawny or whitish edgings of all the 

 feathers ; blackish prevailing on crown and back, the lighter colors on the hind neck and 



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