96 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



on the breast, forming a double transverse band ; the feathers 

 on the side barred ; the rest of the lower parts and lower wing 

 coverts white, banded with brownish-black. On the upper 

 parts the feathers are dark brown, glossed with green, with rich 

 cream-colored margins ; the rump darker. On the margins of 

 the scapulars, within the pale edge, is a series of dusky spots 

 which, toward the end, become continuous. Alula, primary 

 coverts, and primary quills blackish-brown, the inner webs 

 crossed by white bands, until about an inch from the end ; the 

 shaft of the first quill white, those of the rest dusky. Secon- 

 daries grayish-brown, their outer margins pale brown with dusky 

 spots ; the inner darker. The two middle feathers of the tail 

 are dark olive, tinged with gray, transversely barred with black, 

 the last bar arrow-shaped, the margins light cream-color, the 

 next feather on each side lighter, and tinged with yellowish- 

 red ; the rest gradually lighter, the outer white, all barred with 

 black. 



" Length to the end of tail, 12|^ inches ; to the end of wings, 

 llg ; to the end of the claws, 13^ ; extent of wings, 22 ; wing 

 from flexure, 7; tail, 3f ; base part of tibia, t^ ; tarsus, lo? ; 

 first toe, i% ; claw, a? ; bill along the ridge, l/a ; along the edge 

 of lower mandible, Ija ; weight, 6oz. 



" Female. 



" The female is a little larger, and weighs 7oz., but resem- 

 bles the male in color. The individual of which the weight is 

 here given, was very fat ; but I have never met with any that 

 weighed three-fourths of a pound, as described by Wilson. 



" The Bartramian Sandpiper is the most truly terrestrial of 

 its tribe with which I am acquainted. It is even more inclined 

 at all seasons to keep away from water than the Kildeer Plo- 

 ver, which may often be seen along the sandy or muddy mar- 

 gin of the shores of the sea, or of fresh-water lakes and streams. 

 Although not unfrequently met with in the vicinity of such 

 places, it never ventures to wade into them ; and yet the form 

 and length of its legs and feet, would naturally induce a person 

 not acquainted with its habits, to consider it as a wading-bird. 



