ACTITURUS BAETEAMIUS, BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 503 



mon).— Lawr., Ann. Lye. 1861, 334 (Panama) ; 1868, 141 (Costa Rica) ; viii, 186G, 

 294iNew York).— ScL., Ibis, i, 18.59, 230 (Guatemala).— Deess., iUcl 1866, 38 

 (Texas).— Cab., J. f. O. iv, 418 (Cuba).— ScL., P. Z. S. 1860, 253 (Orizaba) ; 1866, 

 567 (Ucayali River) ; 1867, 979 (Pern) ; 1868, 169 (Venezuela); 1869, 598 (Peru).— 

 Lord, Pr. Roy. Arty. Inst, iv, 1-24 (Colvillo Bay).— Eeixii., Vid. Med. Nat. For. 

 1870, 38 (Brazil).— BuEM., Reise, 503 (La Plata).— CouES, Pr. Bost. Soo. xii, 

 1868, 123 (South Carolina, migratory).— Allen, Mem. Bost. Soo. i, 1868, 501 

 (Iowa).— Daix & Banx., Tr. Ohio. Acad, i, 1869, 293 (Fort Yukon).— Tuknis., 

 B. E. Pa. 1869, 32 (April to September).- Mays., Guide, 1870, 141 (Massachu- 

 setts, breeding).- Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 182 (Kansas and Colorado).— 

 Tbippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872, 241 (Iowa, breeding).— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 10 

 (Kansas, breeding).— Hart., Br. Birds, 1872, 137 (Great Britain,fourin3tanccs).— 

 Codes, Key, 1872, 260.— Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S. 1873, 309 (Peru).— Ridgw., Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. X, 1874, 384 (Illinois). 



Tiingoides barlramius, Gray, Gen. of B. iii, 1849, — .— Woodh. Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 99 (Ar- 

 kansas).— Pelz., Orn. Bras. 310 (Brazil). 



Tringoides (Bartramm) hartramius, Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 46, No. 10281. 



Actitis hartramius, Schl., M. P.-B. Scolopdccs, 78. 



Tiinga Imigicauda, "Bechst., Viig. Deutscbl.— Naum., Nachtrage, pi. 38." 



JeiiUirus longicaudus, Blas., List. B. Eur. ed. Newton, 1862, 18 (Germany and England). 



Bartramius longicaudns, Bp., R. and M. Z. 1857. 



" Tntanus melanopygius et campestris f ViElLL., Nouv. Diet." 



Totanits variegatus, ViEiLL., Nouv. Diet, vi, 1816, 317 ; Gal. Ois. ii, 1825, 107, pi. 239. 



Bartramia laticauda, Less., Traits d'Orn. 1831, 553. 



Hab. — North America. North to the Yukon. Not observed in the United States 

 west of the Rocky Mountains. Atlantic coast to Nova Scotia. Breeds from the Middle 

 districts northward. Winters in Mexico, "West Indies, Central and South America, to 

 Brazil. Casual in Europe (Sweden, A'lZsson ; Germany, Naum., V. D. viii, 61 ; Gould, 

 B. Eur. pi. 313 ; Great Britain, Reid, Zool. 1852, 3330 ; Gueney, ibid. 3388 ; More, ibid. 

 1854,4254; Ballmoee, iSid. 1866, 37 ; Cornish Fn. 31 ; Yaeb., Br. Birds, ii, 633; Teaele, 

 111. Lond. News, .Jan. 20, 1855, with figure ; Moeeis, Br. Birds, iv, 296 ; See Harlmg, I. c). 

 Australia (Gould, B. Aust. Suppl. iv, 1867). 



Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 4629, Fort Pierre; 4633, Fort Union; 4868,. Loup 

 Fork ; 5432, Medicine HilJ, 8988-91, Loup Fork and Platte River. 



Not obtained by Captain Raynolds' or by the later Expeditions. 



Bartram's Tattler, or the "Upland Plover," as it is generally called by 

 sportsmen, is a bird of wide and general dispersion in the Western 

 Hemisphere, while its casual occurrence in Europe is attested, and it is 

 even stated to have been found in Australia. It inhabits at different 

 seasons nearly all of North America, and in winter pushes its migra- 

 tion even to Central and South America, as well as into the West Indies. 

 But it has not, to my knowledge, been found in the United States west 

 of the Eocky Mountains. It occurs in summer as far north as the 

 Yukon, though thousands of the birds also breed within the limits of 

 the United States. 



On its presence and movements in the East I have made few observa- 

 tions, and know nothing beyond the general items familiar to all si)orts- 

 men who, with good reason, consider the Upland Plover, or Grass Plover, 

 as a prime game bird, wild and difficult to secure, best hunted from a 

 carriage, and capital for the table. It is said to breed from the IMid- 

 dle districts, as in Illinois and Pennsylvania, northward. The principal 

 shooting is done in August and September, as the birds move south- 

 ward by the end of the latter month. 



In most parts of the West, between the Mississippi and the Rocky 

 Mountains, this Tattler, commonly known as the " Prairie Pigeon," is 

 exceedingly abundant during the migrations — more so than I can sup- 

 pose it to be in settled portions of the country. In Texas, I am told, it 

 occurs in flocks "of thousands." In Kansas, during the month of May, 

 it migrates in great numbers, being scattered over the prairies every- 

 where, and it is so tame that it may be destroyed without the slightest 

 artifice; I have seen it just escape being caught with the crack of a 

 coach- whip. Passing northward, it enters Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota 



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