﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Bartramia 
  longicauda 
  (Bechstein) 
  

   Bartramian 
  Sandpiper 
  

  

  Plate 
  38 
  

  

  Tringa 
  longicauda 
  Bechstein. 
  Uebers. 
  Lath. 
  Ind. 
  Orn. 
  1812. 
  2 
  : 
  453 
  

   Totanus 
  bartramius 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  247, 
  fig. 
  209 
  

   Bartramia 
  longicauda 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  261 
  

  

  bartra'mia, 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  John 
  Bartram; 
  longicau'da, 
  Lat. 
  longus, 
  long; 
  cauda, 
  tail 
  

  

  Description. 
  Bill 
  rather 
  shorter 
  than 
  head, 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  tarsus, 
  

   equal 
  to 
  middle 
  toe, 
  upper 
  mandible 
  grooved 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  | 
  its 
  length 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  concave; 
  gape 
  wide, 
  reaching 
  below 
  the 
  eyes; 
  tail 
  long, 
  grad- 
  

   uated; 
  tarsi 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw; 
  outer 
  and 
  middle 
  toes 
  

   webbed 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  inner 
  toe 
  free; 
  neck 
  and 
  legs 
  long; 
  head 
  small, 
  pigeon- 
  

   or 
  plover-shaped; 
  no 
  decided 
  sexual 
  or 
  seasonal 
  changes 
  in 
  coloration. 
  

   Above 
  varied 
  with 
  blackish, 
  ocherous 
  buff 
  and 
  gray; 
  primaries 
  blackish, 
  

   the 
  outer 
  one 
  barred 
  with 
  white; 
  tail 
  feathers 
  varying 
  from 
  grayish 
  brown 
  

   to 
  buff 
  and 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  ones, 
  all 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  barred 
  with 
  

   blackish; 
  under 
  parts 
  white, 
  varied 
  on 
  the 
  foreneck, 
  breast, 
  and 
  sides 
  with 
  

   blackish, 
  and 
  tinged 
  with 
  buff; 
  legs 
  light 
  yellowish; 
  bill 
  yellowish 
  at 
  base 
  

   and 
  below, 
  dusky 
  toward 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  Field 
  marks. 
  The 
  amateur 
  may 
  recognize 
  this 
  species 
  by 
  its 
  general 
  

  

  buffy 
  brown 
  color, 
  as 
  seen 
  at 
  a 
  distance, 
  its 
  mellow 
  bubbling 
  flight 
  whistle, 
  

  

  and 
  its 
  preference 
  for 
  dry 
  uplands, 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  marshy 
  shores. 
  

  

  Distribution 
  and 
  migration. 
  The 
  Bartramian 
  sandpiper, 
  or 
  Upland 
  

   plover 
  as 
  the 
  sportsmen 
  call 
  it, 
  is 
  a 
  summer 
  resident 
  of 
  eastern 
  Long 
  Island 
  

   and 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  inland 
  New 
  York, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Erie, 
  Niagara, 
  

   Orleans, 
  Monroe, 
  Ontario, 
  Oswego, 
  Madison, 
  Oneida, 
  Lewis, 
  Jefferson, 
  St 
  

   Lawrence, 
  Clinton, 
  and 
  Rensselaer 
  [see 
  also, 
  Distribution 
  map, 
  p. 
  20]. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  diminishing 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  it 
  is 
  holding 
  its 
  

   own 
  in 
  northern 
  and 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  certainly 
  has 
  increased 
  on 
  

   the 
  plains 
  of 
  northern 
  Erie 
  county 
  and 
  western 
  Monroe 
  county 
  during 
  the 
  

   last 
  ten 
  years. 
  The 
  spring 
  migration 
  begins 
  from 
  the 
  13th 
  to 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  

   April 
  and 
  the 
  breeding 
  season 
  is 
  in 
  late 
  May, 
  or 
  early 
  June. 
  About 
  the 
  20th 
  

   of 
  Juh', 
  or 
  even 
  earlier, 
  sometimes 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  4th, 
  they 
  gather 
  in 
  small 
  

   flocks, 
  which 
  are 
  probably 
  augmented 
  b}' 
  migrants 
  from 
  farther 
  north 
  

   which 
  continue 
  to 
  arrive 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  loth 
  of 
  August. 
  In 
  western 
  New 
  

   York 
  the 
  last 
  birds 
  are 
  usually 
  seen 
  about 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  August, 
  a 
  few 
  some- 
  

  

  