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LIMICOLjE. 



SCOLOPACID.E. 



SCOLOPACW.f:. 



Bartramia longicauda (Beclistein*). 



BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. 



Totanus Bartramil. 



Bartramia, Lesson\. — Bill scarcely longer than the head, niotlerately slender, 

 straight, the nasal groove extending nearly to the tip, which is narrowed but 

 obtuse ; nostrils linear, basal. Wings not reaching to the end of the tail, pointed, 

 the first quill-feathcr the longest, the inner secondaries rather elongated. Tail 

 of twelve feathers, rather long, much rounded. Legs rather long and slender, 

 the til)ia bare for a considerable distance ; tarsus scutellate ; toes three in front, 

 long and slender ; a slight web between the outer and the middle ones ; hind toe 

 elevated. 



The earliest recorded occurrence of this American species 

 in Great Britain was that of a bird shot near Warwick, 



* Trinja longicauda, Bechstein, Kurze Uebersicht aller bekannten Vosel, 

 p. 453 (1811). 



t Traite d'Ornithologie, p. 553 (1831). It is clear that the generic name 

 liarlramia has precedence of Actitin-o.i of Bonaparte, as that autlmr quotes it 

 (Sagg. Distrib. met. Animali Verteb. p. 143, 1831). 



