16 WEST VIRGINIA [W. VA. 



Food Aquatic insects. 



261. Bartramian Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda). One adult 

 specimen. Commonly called "Upland Plover". 



Geog. Dist. Eastern North America. 



W. Va. Dist. Reported by T. A. Morgan, G. Eifrig, and W. D. 

 Doan 



Nest Breeds in temperate North America. "It probably breeds in 

 the state" (Atkeson). 



Food Grasshoppers and beetles. 



263. Spotted Sandpiper (Actiiis macularia). One specimen. This 

 is our most common sandpiper. 



Geog. Dist. Alaska to southern Brazil. 



W. Va. Dist. Very common along all our streams. Equally com- 

 mon along the Ohio Eiver and along the small streams far up in the 

 Alleghenies. 



Nest Breeds commonly throughout its range. Nest along banks 

 of streams, on the ground. 



Food Insects. 



273. Killdeer (AEgialiiis vocifera). This is a well known plover. 

 Common everywhere, and should be known by all. 



Geog. Dist.' Temperate North America. 



W. Va. Dist. Common throughout the state. Have observed them 

 at all seasons of the year. 



Nest Nest on the ground in meadows and pastures. I observed 

 the young in May, 1906, in a field near Waverly, West Virginia. 



Food Earthworms, crustaceans, and insects. 



274. Semipalmated Plover (AEgialiiis semipalmaia) . Two speci- 

 mens ; a pair. Much smaller than the Killdeer, and found along sandy 

 beaches. 



Geog. Dist. Arctic and subarctic America. 



W. Va. Dist. Very rare. 



Nest Breeds from Labrador to the shores of the Arctic Sea. 



Food Insects and crustaceans. 



289. Bob-white (Colinus virginianus). These two specimens 

 show the very manifest difference in the appearance of the male and 

 female. The Bob-white is one of our most useful birds, and should 

 never be killed wantonly. 



