440 

 LIMICOL^E. 



SCOLOPAC1D.E. 



SCOLOPAC1DJ!. 



BABTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechstein*). 



BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. 



Totanus Bartramii. 



BARTRAMIA, Lesson-^. Bill scarcely longer than the head, moderately slender, 

 straight, the nasal groove extending nearly to the tip, which is narrowed but 

 obtuse ; nostrils linear, basal. Wings not reaching to the end of the tail, pointed, 

 the first quill-feather the longest, the inner secondaries rather elongated. Tail 

 of twelve feathers, rather long, much rounded. Legs rather long and slender, 

 the tibia bare for a considerable distance ; tarsus scutellate ; toes three in front, 

 long and slender ; a slight web between the outer and the middle ones ; hind toe 

 elevated. 



THE earliest recorded occurrence of this American species 

 in Great Britain was that of a bird shot near Warwick, 



* Tringa longicauda, Bechstein, Kurze Uebersicht aller bekannten Vogel, 

 p. 453 (1811). 



t Traite d'Ornithologie, p. 553 (1831). It is clear that the generic name 

 Bartramia has precedence of Actiturus of Bonaparte, as that author quotes it 

 (Sagg. Distrib. met. Animali Verteb. p. 143, 1831). 



