676 THE BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 
No. 274. 
BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 
A. O. U. No, 261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). 
Synonyms.—"“THg BartRaMiAN.”” Uptanp Piover. Fretp PLover. 
Description.—Adult: Above, varied brown or dusky with a slight olive 
tinge, the feathers edged with ochraceous-buff, and on the back, etc., spotted and 
barred with black; top of head blackish, parted by indistinet buffy median line; 
hind-neck buffy or ochraceous, streaked with dusky; primaries dusky, the outer 
one with a white shaft, and white strongly barred with dusky on the inner web; 
tail irregularly barred with black, the central feather olive-dusky, the outer ones 
ochraceous and gray; underparts whitish or with buffy tinge on breast, sides, and 
crissum; the fore-neck sharply streaked with brownish dusky; the markings U- 
or V-shaped on breast and opening out into bars on the sides; axillars and lining 
of wings finely barred dusky and white; bill yellow, blackening on ridge and tip; 
feet and legs dull yellow: /mmature: Similar to adult, but buffy and ochraceous 
stronger, and dusky markings of underparts less distinct. Length 11.25-12.75 
(285.8-323.9) ; wing 6.40 (162.6); tail 2.82 (71.6); bill 1.20 (30.5); tarsus 1.78 
(45.2). 
Recognition Marks.—Killdeer size or larger; bill somewhat shorter than 
head; finely streaked and mottled coloration, ochraceous and dusky. A bird of 
upland and prairie. Notes, a quavering alarm cry, and a mellow whistle long- 
drawn-out. 
Nesting.—Nest: on the ground. Eggs: 4 or 5, creamy-buff or clay-colored, 
spotted with reddish- and yellowish-brown, chiefly about the larger end. Avy. size, 
1.80 x 1.28 (45.7 x 32.5). Season: c. June 1st; one brood. 
General Range.—North America, mainly east of the Rocky Mountains, north 
to Nova Scotia and Alaska, breeding thruout most of its North American range; 
migrating in winter southward as far as Brazil and Peru. Occasional in Europe. 
Range in Washington.—Casual? Possibly invading State from southeast. 
Authorities —Dawson, Auk, XXV. Oct. 1908, p. 484. 
Specimens.—Proy. C. 
THE Upland Plover is admitted to our lists solely on the ground 
of birds heard by me in western Walla Walla County on April 22nd and 23rd, 
1905. That the birds were not also seen is not surprising, for, as Professor 
Lynds Jones says: “Our first intimation of his presence in spring is either the 
long-drawn whistle or the rolling call, from whence you know not. The first 
impulse is to glance quickly upward into the clear blue. Next you sean the 
horizon, the fields, the fences, all to no purpose. The cry seems to be all per- 
vading—coming from everywhere. I never hear it but I involuntarily stop 
with a feeling akin to uncanniness. Where is the bird? Another call gives the 
direction, and you stand staring into the southern sky until in the distance, far 
