110 THE JERSEY COAST. 
to establish my reputation for ever, with an air of 
deep learning, I commenced : 
“Tn the first place, you are mistaken in including 
among plovers the grass or grey-plover, as it is 
commonly called ; it is not a plover at all i 
“ Oh! that is nonsense,” they burst forth unani- 
mously ; “ you don’t know what you’re talking 
about.” 
Never was a growing reputation more suddenly 
nipped. Instantly reduced to a state of meekness, 
and only too glad to save a shred of character, I 
mildly suggested that Giraud’s work on the birds 
of Long Island was in my valise, and probably con- 
tained the desired information. 
“¢ Well,” said one, “ let’s hear what he says.” 
So I procured the book and read as follows: 
“¢TRInNGA BARTRAMIA— WILSON. 
BARTRAMS SANDPIPER. 
Bartram’s Sandpiper, Tringa Bartramia, Wil. Amer, Orn. 
Totanus Bartramius Bonap. Syn. 
Totanus Bartramius Bartram Tatler, Su. & Rich. Bartra- 
mian Tatler, Nutt. Man. 
Bartramian Sandpiper. Zotanus Bartramius Aud. Orn. 
Biog.’ 
“ After giving the specific character, and a spirited 
account of the well-known manner of shooting them 
from a wagon, which is not followed with any other 
bird, as you well know, he proceeds as follows: 
‘“¢In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, 
and on the Shinnecock and Hempstead Plains, Long 
