THE UPLAND PLOVEE 201 



THE UPLAND PLOVER. * 

 GRASS PLOVER. PRAIRIE PIGEON. 

 BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. 



(Bartramia longicauda.) 



This beautiful bird dwells on our continent 

 in almost every part east of the Rockies, is oc- 

 casionally seen in Europe, and has been re- 

 ported from Australia. It breeds from the 

 Middle States of the Union northward to the 

 Yukon and spends the winter in the Southern 

 States, Central and South America, starting for 

 these winter quarters generally during the lat- 

 ter part of September. 



As is the case with most of the migrant wad- 

 ers, we, of New England, see a very small part 

 of this vast army of winged pilgrims, the bulk 

 of the flights passing over the western coun- 

 try, where this species is especially abundant, 

 traveling in flocks of thousands during the sea- 

 sons of migration. When the law's protect- 

 ing shield is taken away the market gunners kill 

 great numbers of these birds every year, for 

 the Uplands on the western prairies become ex- 

 tremely tame, almost beyond the belief of the 



