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Spring migration. — At the Straits of Gibraltar the northward 

 movement begins in January and does not cease till May, but it is 

 at its height in April. Some birds winter in the Mediterranean 

 region and these have usually gone by the middle of April. In the 

 eastern Mediterranean the passage begins in the Ionian Isles about 

 March 15 and in Corfu in March. 



FaU migration. — The return passage through southern Spain 

 takes place in August and September, while in Greece, where it is 

 less noticeable, it appears to take place toward the end of September. 



Casual records. — The species has been rather frequently detected 

 on the Atlantic coast of Xorth America and (rarely) in the interior 

 eastern States. Among these occurrences are: Ontario, Toronto 

 Island, spring of 1882; Nova Scotia, near Halifax, May 27, 1892; 

 New Brunswick, Grand Manan; Maine, Scarboro, April 10, 1870, 

 Upton, September 8, 1874, and Camden, September 14, 1900; New 

 Hampshire, Seabrook, September 23, 1907 ; Massachusetts, Newbury- 

 port. May 20, 1871, Chatham, September 11, 1880, and Nantucket, 

 July, 1901 ; Ehode Island, Seaconnet Point, July 30, 1900, and Point 

 Judith, August 31, 1903; New York, two on Long Island, one of 

 which was taken May 18, 1868, and Freeport, September 27. 1914; 

 New Jersey, Barnegat (Elliott collection) ; Virginia, Four-mile 

 Eun, September 3, 1894; North Carolina, Raleigh, May 6, 1892; 

 Ohio, Licking Reservoir, November 11. 1872, and Columbus, April 

 23, 1878 ; and Indiana, English Lake, April 12, 1905. 



It also has been taken in the Lesser Antilles, Barbados, previous 

 to 1848 ; Colombia, probably between the Rio Negro and the Orinoco 

 or adjacent regions: and Alaska, St. Paul Island, September 7, 1910. 

 It is of rare occurrence in Japan (Yezo). There is one record from 

 Iceland (Reykjavik, September, 1820). 



Egg dates. — In Holland, 4 dates between May 7 and 14; 18 dates 

 between May 15 and 31, 8 dates between June 1 and 22. In Lapland 

 and North Russia, 16 dates between June 8 and 27. 



BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechstein) 

 UPLAND PLOVER 



HABITS 



Let us be thankful that this gentle and lovely bird is no longer 

 called Bartramian sandpiper. It is a sandpiper truly enough, but 

 one that has adopted the haunts and many of the habits of the plo- 

 vers. To those who love the rolling or hilly pasture lands of the 

 east or the broad flat prairies of the middle west, it will always be 

 known as the upland or " field plover " or " prairie dove," or, more 

 affectionately, as " quailie." It is a characteristic bird of the prai- 

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