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s. to_n. Calif., cen. Colo., s. 8. D., and n. Iowa, and on the coasts of Tex. 
and La.; winters from cen. Calif., Tex., La., and Gulf coast of Fla. to Mex. 
(L. Calif., Tepic, and Guerrero); in fall migration occurs in B. C. and on the 
Atlantic coast from New England south. 
260. Machetes pugnax (Linn.). Rurr; Renve. Ad. 2 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 hindneck. ¢ 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. 
Range.—E. Hemisphere. Breeds from the Arctic coast s. to Great Brit- 
ain, Holland, Russia, and Siberia; winters throughout Africa, India, and 
Burma; strays occasionally to the W. Hemisphere, from Ont. and Greenland 
s. to Ind., N. C., Barbados, and n. S. A. 
Washington, one record, Sept. 3. 
The nineteen records of the occurrence of this European species are 
about equally divided between spring and fall dates, and fourteen of 
them are from the Atlantic coast. 
1905. Deane, R., Auk, XXII, 410. —1906. Pater, T. S., Ibid., 
XXIII, 98 (Am. records). 
261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Upuanp Pxuover. Ads.— 
Head and neck streaked with black and ochraceous-buff; back and wing- 
coverts ochraceous-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 ochra- 
ceous-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. 
Range.—N. and S. A. Breeds from nw. Alaska, s. Mackenzie, cen. 
Keewatin, cen. Wisc., s. Mich., s. Ont., and s. Maine to s. Ore., n. Utah, 
cen. Okla., s. Mo., s. Ind., and n. Va.; winters on the pampas of 8S. A. to 
Argentina; in migration occurs n. to N. F. and in Europe; accidental in 
Australia. : 
Washington, common T. V., Mch. 21-Apl. 24; June 29-Sept. Long 
Island, uncommon 8. R., Apl.—Sept. Cambridge, T. V., not uncommon in 
fall; Apl. 20-May 6; July 26-Sept. 14. N. Ohio, common 8. R., Mch 20- 
Sept. 20. Glen Ellyn, fairly common 8. R., Apl. 10-Sept. 11. SE. Minn., 
8. R., formerly common, now rare, Apl. 7. 
Nest, concealed in the grass. Eggs, 4, creamy buff or white, spotted with 
reddish brown or chocolate, chiefly at the larger end, 1°80 x 1°30. Date, 
Haddonfield, N. J., May 6, 1887; Holland Patent, N. Y., May 21; Green- 
wood Co., Kans., May 11; se. Minn., June 17. 
The Upland ‘Plover’ is at home on grassy plains and pastures. 
It is usually a shy bird, and can rarely be successfully approached on 
foot. It shows no fear, however, of a man who is riding or driving, 
and when on horseback I have passed within a few yards of birds 
which regarded me with some interest but no alarm. They so closely 
resemble dried grass in color that it is sometimes exceedingly difli- 
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