UPLAND PLOVER 



A migrant very common all winter in the 

 Canal Zone both about fresh water and along 

 the sea shore, including the islands in Panama 

 Bay. Not gregarious. Recognizable by its 

 note peetweet and its habit of teetering. When 

 started, it usually flies off low over the water, 

 and before alighting sails for a little distance 

 with its wings held pointing slightly downward. 



8. Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein) 

 Upland Plover 



Sexes alike. Length, 292 mm. (11.50 in.); 

 tail, 89 mm. (3.50 in.). Above grayish brown 

 and "buffy, streaked and barred with blackish, 

 buff predominating on tail which is rather long, 

 graduated, and barred with blackish, the 

 feathers with white tips; below buffy whitish 

 streaked on neck, the chest and sides with V- 

 shaped blackish markings. Bill yellowish green. 



A migrant occurring only in spring and fall, 

 now reduced in numbers nearly to the point of 

 extinction due to hunting in both North and 

 South America. Frequents grassy fields; has 

 mellow whistled notes. Its tail is longer than 

 is usual in this family; though resembling a 

 plover in its short bill, it is a true sandpiper. 



9. Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus) 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper 



Sexes alike. Length 160 mm. (6.30 in.); 

 tail, 40 mm. (1.60 in.). 

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