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Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein*). 

 BAETRAM'S SANDPIPER. 



Totanns Bartramii. 



Bartramia, Le.<tson\. — Bill scarcely longer than the bead, moderately 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-feather the longest, the inner secondaries rather elongated. Tail 

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

 the tibia 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 ViJgel, 

 p. 45-3 (1811). 



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

 Jiar/raiina has precedence of Actiturus of Bonaparte, as that author quotes it 

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



