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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



is duller in colour than the male. The young in first 

 plumage lack the chestnut which is characteristic of the 

 adults in summer. 



Bartram'a Sanfcpiper. 



BARTRAM'S Sandpiper (Totanus Bartrami, Wilson) is an 

 extremely rare abnormal autumn migrant to the British 

 Islands, and inhabits the Central Nearctic Region. The 

 adult in summer has the ground colour of the upper 

 plumage rufous-brown, mottled and streaked with black 

 and white ; head, neck, and breast, rusty ; chin, abdomen, 

 and vent, white; fore-neck, breast, and flanks have arrow- 

 shaped markings of dark brown ; inner web of first 



