Family CHARADRIID.ii. Genus Totanus. 



Subfamily Totanin^. 



BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. 



TOTANUS BARTRAMI— (^//w;?). 



Geographical Distribution.— ^rz'/«/2 .■ Very rare straggler 

 to the British Islands on autumn migration. The following 

 occurrences are on record. England : Warwickshire (i example), 

 October, 1851; Cambridgeshire (i example), December, 1855; 

 Somerset (i example), no date recorded, some forty years ago; 

 Cornwall (2 examples), November, 1865, October, 1883; Nor- 

 thumberland (i example), November, 1879; Lincolnshire (i 

 example), October, 1880. Ireland (i doubtful occurrence), 

 autumn, 1855. Fo/rign : Central Nearctic region; Neotropical 

 region in winter. Breeds in Alaska, Rupert's Land, and the 

 northern United States from Pennsylvania westwards to the foot 

 of the Rockies, but appears to be very rare on the Pacific coast. 

 Passes along the inland routes of migration as well as down the 

 Atlantic coasts, and in less numbers over the Bermudas, and 

 winters in the Southern States, Mexico, the West Indies, and 

 throughout South America to at least Buenos Ayres. It has been 

 known to wander to Australia, and there are several instances on 

 record of its occurrence in Europe outside of the British Islands : 

 Italy, Malta, Holland, Germany. 



Allied Forms. — None of sufficient propinquity to need 

 mention. 



Time during which Bartram's Sandpiper maybe taken. 



— August ist to March ist. 



Habits. — Bartram's Sandpiper is a well-known and very 

 regular bird of passage across the eastern United States. The 

 "Prairie Pigeon," as this species is locally named, crosses the 



