BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER 



BARTRAM'S TATTLER. 



PLATE CLXXV.* FIGURE I. 



Totanus bartramit, . . . RICHARDSON. 



Tetanus bartrami, . . . SEEBOHM. 



Tringa bartramia^ . . . WILSON. AUDUBON. 



Actiturus longicaudus, . . . BECHSTEIN. 



BARTRAM'S Sandpiper is a rare straggler to England, 

 breeding only in North America. 



Its nest is made, if at all, of a few grasses placed in a 

 hollow scooped out of the earth. 



The eggs, four in number, are pinkish, blotched with 

 numerous spots of light purple and reddish brown. 



