676 'I'lIK P.ARTRAMIAX SANDPIPER. 



No. 274. 



BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 



A. O. U. No. 261. Bartramia longicauda I Beclist. ). 



Synonjms. — "Tin-: H.nrtram i.\N." I'pi.axii ]'h)\kr. Fiia.i) ! 'i.(i\i:i<. 



Description. — Adult: Above, varied brown or dusky witb a sbght oHve 

 tinge, tbe feathers edged with ochraceous-buff, and on the back, etc., spotted and 

 barred with black; top of head blackish, parted b\- indistinct buffy median line; 

 hind-neck buffy or ochraceous, streaked with dusky; primaries dusky, the outer 

 one with a white shaft, and white strongly barred with dusky on the inner web; 

 tail irregularly barred with black, the central feather olive-dusk}', the outer ones 

 ochraceous and gray ; underparts whitish or with buffy tinge on breast, sides, and 

 crissum ; the fore-neck sharply streaked with brownish dusky ; the markings U- 

 or \'-shaped on breast and opening out into bars on the sides ; a.xillars and lining 

 of wings tinely barred dusky and white; bill yellow, blackening on ridge and tip; 

 feet and legs dull yellow: liiiimttiirc: Similar to adult, but buft'y and ochraceous 

 stronger, and dusky markings of underparts less distinct. Length 11. 25-12. 75 

 (285.8-323.9) ; wing 6.40 ( i62.'S) ; tail 2.82 (71.6) ; bill 1.20 I 30.5 ) ; tarsus 1.78 

 (45.2). 



Recognition Marks. — Killdeer size or larger; bill somewhat shorter than 

 head: linely strcakeil antl mottled coloration, ochraceous and dusky. A bird of 

 upland and prairie. Notes, a quavering alarm cry, and a mellow whistle long- 

 drawn-out. 



Nesting. — Nest: on the ground. Eggs: 4 or 5, creamy-buff' or clay-colored, 

 spotted with reddish- and yellowish-brown, chief!)- about the larger end. .\v. size, 

 1.80 X 1.28 (45.7x32.5). Season: c. June ist: one brood. 



General Range. — North America, mainly east of the Rocky Alountain^, north 

 to Nova Scotia and .\laska, breeding thruout most of its North .\merican range; 

 migrating in winter southward as far as lirazil and Peru. Occasional in Europe. 



Range in Washington. — L'asiial ? Possibly invailing State from southeast. 



Authorities. — Dawson, .\nk, XN\". ( )ct. 1908, p. 484. 



Specimens. — Prov. C. 



THE Upland Plover is admitted to our lists solely on the ground 

 of birds heard by me in western Walla Walla County on April 22nd and 23rd, 

 1905. That the birds were not also seen is not surprising, for. as Professor 

 Lynds Jones says : "Our first intimation of his presence in spring is either the 

 long-drawn whistle or the rolling call, from whence )'ou know not. The first 

 impulse is to glance (piickh u]iward into the clear blue. Next _\iiu scan the 

 horizon, the fields, the fences, all to no pur|)ose. The cry seems to be all per- 

 widing — coming from everywhere. 1 ne\-er hear it but I involuntarily sto]) 

 with a feeling akin to uncanniness. \Miere is the l.iird ? .\nother call gi\es the 

 direction, and \'ou stand staring into the southern sk\- imlil in the distance, far 



