326 CHARADRIIDAK 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 
PLUMAGE. Adult male-——Head, neck, and back, buffish- 
brown, mottled with black; throat and sides of breast, 
spotted black; front of breast and abdomen, reddish-buff ; 
wings, including primaries and under wing-coverts, con- 
spicuously ‘marbled’ with black; tips of primaries and 
central tail-feathers of a greenish tinge ; outer tail-feathers, 
barred with brownish-black towards their extremities. 
Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plumage, but 
black ‘ marblings’ on the inner web of the primaries not so 
distinct. 
Adult winter, male and female.—It would appear that 
the adult winter plumage has not been described. 
Immature, male and female.—Head, neck, and back, 
brownish, the feathers being broadly edged with dull white ; 
breast and abdomen, paler, and spots smaller than in the 
adult ; ‘marblings’ on the wing-feathers somewhat indistinct. 
BEAK. _ Dull olive-green, shading to greenish-black. 
Fret. Dull yellowish-green. 
IrteEs. Hazel-brown. 
Eees. Pale buff or olive, marked with bluish-grey and 
blotches of reddish-brown and black (the markings vary 
considerably) : clutch, four. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH 8° Yank 
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BARTRAWM’S SANDPIPER. Bartranvia longicauda (Bechstein). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. iv, pl. 
63 ; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. viii, pl. 562 ; Lilford, 
‘Coloured Figures,’ vol. v, pl. 44. 
This Sandpiper is another American species which very 
rarely reaches our shores. It has occurred chiefly during 
the autumn migration. A specimen shot near Warwick in 
