152 BAY-BIRDS. 
brown commences at the base of the upper mandible, 
extends half-way to the eye, where it changes to 
reddish-brown ; upper part of head and the hind 
neck dusky, the feathers margined with greyish. 
white—a few touches of pale reddish-brown on the 
latter ; throat, fore-neck, breast, and abdomen red- 
dish-brown ; vent white; lower tail coverts white, 
spotted with dusky ; upper plumage blackish-brown, 
upper tail-coverts barred with black and white; tail 
pale brown, margined with white; primary coverts 
black, tipped with white; secondary coverts grey- 
ish-brown, margined with white. Young with the 
upper parts greyish-brown ; the feathers with cen- 
tral dusky streaks, a narrow line of cinnamon-color 
towards their margins, which are dull white; the 
lower parts ash-grey. Length of adult, ten inches; 
wing, six and three-quarters.” — Giraud. 
Urxtanp PLover. 
Grey, Grass, or Field Plover. 
Bartram’s Sandpiper. 
Tringa Bartramia, Wils. 
This bird, although scientifically not a plover, is, 
by its habits, entitled to an appellation that common 
consent has bestowed upon it. It is found upon the 
uplands, never frequenting the marshes except by 
crossing them while migrating, and feeds, not on 
shell-fisb or the innumerable minute insects that live 
in sand and salt mud, but on the grasshoppers and 
seeds of the open fields, It never takes the slightest 
