528 THE BARTRAM] \\ SANDPIPER. 



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

 head; finelj streaked and mottled coloration, ochraceous and dusky. A bird of 

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

 drawn out. 



Nest, on the ground. Eggs, 4 or 5. creamy-buff it elay-colored, spotted with 

 reddish- and yellowish-brown, chiefly about the larger end. Av. size, 1.80 x 1.28 

 145.7 x 32.5). 



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

 in Nova Scotia and Alaska, breeding throughout most of its North American 

 range; migrating in winter southward as far as Brazil and Peru. Occasional in 

 Europe. 



Range in Ohio. — Common summer resident, except in heavily wooded por- 

 tions. 



K U'l 1 bird has its own place in the mind of the bird student or bird lover. 

 This place may be made by the first sight of the bird, by some constant charac- 

 teristic of carriage. \< ice. or environment, or by a deep impression made pos- 

 sible by one's own mental attitude at the time. To me Bartramia is the most 

 ethereal, the most spirit-like of all birds, not excepting the owls and Whip- 

 poorwill. Our first intimation of his presence in spring is either the long- 

 drawn whistle nr the rolling call, from whence you know not. The first im- 

 pulse is tn glance quickly upward into the clear blue. Next you scan the hori- 

 zon, the fields, the fences, all to no purpose. The cry seems to be all-pervading — 

 coming from everywhere. I newer hear it but 1 involuntarily stop with a 



Photo by the Author. 



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