TOT ANUS. 



Tringa longicauda, Bechstein, Kurze Uehersicht, p. 453 (1811). 



Tringa bartrami, Wilson, Am. Orn. vii. p. 63 (1813). 



Totanus variegatus, ) ,^ „ 



„ ^ , . } Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vi. pp. 397, 401 (1816). 



Totanus melauopygius, J ri. > \ / 



Totamis bartramia {Wils.), Temminck, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 650 (1820). 



Bartramia laticauda, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 553 (1831). 



Actitis bartrami [Wils.), Naumann, Vog. Deutsehl. viii. p. 43 (1836). 



Actiturus bartramius (Wils.), Bonap. Camp. List B. Eur. ^ A^. Amer. p. 51 (1838). 



Tringoides bartramius (Wils.), Gray, Genera of B. iii. p. 574 (1816). 



Bartramius longicaudus [Bechst.), Bonap. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 2nd series, ix. p. 59 (1857). 



Actiturus longicaudus [Bechst.), Newton, List B. Eur. Blasius, p. 18 (1862). 



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Synonymy. 



Plates. — Wilson, Am. Oru. pi. 59. fig. 2; Audubon, Birds Am. v. pi. 327. 

 Habits. — Seebobm, British Birds, iii. p. 110. 

 Eggs. — Seebohm, Britisb Birds, pi. 32. figs. 7, 9. 



Literature. 



Bartram's Sandpiper may always be recognized by the conspicuous bars on the inner 

 webs of its primaries, no other Totanus having more than indications of them. Its wedge- 

 shaped tail is shared by the Common Sandpiper {T. hypoleucus) and by its American 

 representative the Spotted Sandpiper [T. macularius), both of which also resemble it in 

 the colour of their eggs. 



Specific 

 charaotci s. 



Bartram's Sandpiper breeds in the southern provinces of British North America and 

 in the northern portion of the United States. It migrates southwards on the approach of 

 winter in great numbers, both on the Atlantic coast and along the inland " fly-lines," 



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