140 BIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 



Bishop reports that this subspecies was a common migrant at Pea Island, Dare 

 County, from July 12 to August 10, 1904. It doubtless occurs regularly on our 

 coast. 



Genus Machetes (Cuv.) 



122. Machetes pugnax (Linn.}. RUFF. 



Ad. cf in summer. Very variable; above and below black with purplish reflections; or rusty 

 barred with purplish, etc.; feathers of breast much lengthened to form a shield of rusty, black, or 

 black-and-white feathers; two variously colored tufts on the hind-neck. Ad. cf in winter. Above 

 grayish brown; below white; throat and breast grayish; end of tail with remains of blackish bars; 

 ruff absent. Ad. 9 Head, neck and underparts as in winter male; back black, margined with 

 grayish brown; inner wing-feathers barred with black and grayish brown. L., 12.50; W., 7.00; 

 Tar., 1.70; B., 1.50. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Eastern Hemisphere, straggling now and then to the American coast. 



Range in_North Carolina. Once taken at Raleigh. 



FIG. 102. RUFF. (Female or Immature Male.) 



One female of this European species was taken on Walnut Creek, near Raleigh, 

 by H. H. Brimley, on May 6, 1892. It was, of course, an isolated straggler, and 

 a similar capture is^not very likely to occur in the future. 



Genus Bartramia (Less.) 



123. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.}. UPLAND PLOVER: BARTRAMIAN SAND- 

 PIPER. 



Ads. Head and neck streaked with black and ochraceous-buff ; back and wing-coverts ochra- 

 ceous-buff, barred with black; tertials olive, barred with black and margined with ochraceous- 

 buff; primaries fuscous, the outer one barred with white; inner tail-feathers brownish gray, outer 

 ones varying from ochraceous-buff to white, all more or less barred with black; breast and sides 

 washed with buffy and streaked or barred with black; belly white or whitish. Juv. Similar, 

 but the ochraceous-buff is deeper. L., 11.50; W., 6.50; Tar., 1.90; B., 1.15. 



Remarks. The white bars on the outer primary will always serve to identify this species. 

 (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Breeds from northern Virginia northward; winters in southern South America. 



Range in North Carolina. Inland portions of the State during the migrations; neither common 

 nor regular in its occurrence. 



The Upland Plover or Bartramian Sandpiper is a bird of the central States, 

 rather than of the Atlantic slope. It occurs, however, more or less regularly 

 through central North Carolina, and may be regarded as an irregular spring 

 migrant. The dry, rolling upland constitutes its favorite haunts with us, and the 

 species may be looked for generally in April. Its brownish coloration makes it a 



