110 THE JERSEY COAST. 



to establish my reputation for ever, with an air of 

 deep learning, I commenced : 



" In the first place, you are mistaken in including 

 among plovers the grass or grey-plover, as it is 

 commonly called ; it is not a plover at all - " 



" Oh ! that is nonsense," they burst forth unani- 

 mously ; " you don't know what you're talking 

 about." 



Never was a growing reputation more suddenly 

 nipped. Instantly reduced to a state of meekness, 

 and only too glad to save a shred of character, I 

 mildly suggested that Giraud's work on the birds 

 of Long Island was in my valise, and probably con- 

 tained the desired information. 



" Well," said one, " let's hear what he says." 



So I procured the book and read as follows : 



" ' TKINGA BAETRAMIA WILSON. 



BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. 



Bar-train's Sandpiper, Tringa Bartramia, Wil. Amer. Orn. 



Totanus Bartramius Bonap. Syn. 

 Totanus Barttamius Bartram Tatler, Su. & Rich. Bartra- 



mian Tatler, Nutt. Man. 



Bartramian Sandpiper. Totanus Bartramius Aud. Orn. 

 Biog.' 



" After giving the specific character, and a spirited 

 account of the well-known manner of shooting them 

 from a wagon, which is not followed with any other 

 bird, as you well know, he proceeds as follows : 



" ' In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, 

 and on the Shinnecock and Hempstead Plains, Long 



