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 County, in early August, 1905, and cought and examined one 

 of three young as yet unable to fly, tho well feathered, 

 one of the old Birds meanwhile trying every typical Sand- 

 piper ruse to draw him away. This young bird oould swim 

 with great facility. 



261. Bartramia lorgicauda (Bechst . ) . Upland Plover. 



The Upland Plover is locally and irregularly 

 distributed thruout those portions of Pennsylvania lying 

 within the Carolinian and Alleghanian faunas. Mr. Miller 

 writes me that he saw one on June 26, 1903, at Sandiford, 

 Philadelphia County, where it formerly nested. In Delaware 

 County it seems to be rare, but in portions of Chester 

 County it is still a regular breeder, and a number of sets 

 have been collected in the vicinity of West Chester 

 (Swayne and Sharpless). Mr. Chreswell J. Hunt reported it 

 as quite common near Cupola, Chester County. In Montgomery 

 County it has been found breeding by Mr. Thomas Gillin 

 of Ambler, and in Bucks County by Mr. H. Doon and R. C. 

 Harlovf. In sections of Lancaster, York, Adams, Lebanon, 

 Dauphin, Perry, Berks, and Northumberland Counties, it 

 breeds regularly but locally as well as in Cumberland 

 County. In western Pennsylvania, it is somewhat rare, but 

 breeds regularly in Crawford. and Erie Counties. Thruout 

 the larger part of its breeding range in Pennsylvania, the 

 Upland Plover is now becoming a rare bird, and but few 



