BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER 

 261. Bartramia longicauda. 12 in. 



Upper parts blackish with greenish-brown edgings; 

 tail brownish with black bars, and white tips to the 

 outer feathers. Underparts white, with prominent in- 

 verted, black arrow head markings on the breast and 

 along the sides. These birds are more often known as 

 Upland Plovers, because they are found on dry hill- 

 sides, rarely near water. West of the Miss, they are 

 said to occur in large flocks in the Fall, but in the East, 

 half a do/en or so would be considered a fair sized flock. 

 They feed upon small grasshoppers and other small in- 

 sects, sometimes chasing them for a considerable dis- 

 tance before securing them. They are shy and usually 

 take wing as soon as they see you. 



Nest. Of grasses, usually concealed in clumps of 

 grass or weeds in the middle of fields; eggs buffy, 

 blotched with yellowish-brown (1.75x1.25) ; May, June. 



Range. Breeds locally in the northern half of the 

 United States and Southern Canada; winters south of 



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