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THE BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 



Recognition Marks. — Killdeer size or larger; bill somewhat shorter than 

 head; finely streaked and mottled coloration, ochraceous and dusky. A bird of 

 upland and prairie. Notes, a quavering alarm cry, and a mellow whistle long- 

 drawn-out. 



Nest, on the ground. Bggs, 4 or 5, creamy-buff or clay-colored, spotted with 

 reddish- and yellowish-brown, chiefly about the larger end. Av. size, 1.80 x 1.28 

 (457 X 32.5). 



General Range. — North America, mainly east of the Rocky Mountains, north 

 to Nova Scotia and Alaska, breeding throughout most of its North American 

 range ; migrating in winter southward as far as Brazil and Peru. Occasional in 

 Europe. 



Range in Ohio. — Common summer resident, except in heavily wooded por- 

 tions. 



EACH bird has its own place in the mind of the bird student or bird lover. 

 This place may be made by the first sight of the bird, by some constant charac- 

 teristic of carriage, voice, or environment, or by a deep impression made pos- 

 sible by one's own mental attitude at the time. To me Bartramia is the most 

 ethereal, the most spirit-like of all birds, not excepting the owls and Whip- 

 poorwill. Our first intimation of his presence in spring is either the long- 

 drawn whistle or the rolling call, from whence you know not. The first im- 

 pulse is to glance quickly upward into the clear blue. Next you scan the hori- 

 zon, the fields, the fences, all to no purpose. The cry seems to be all-pervading — 

 coming from everywhere. I never hear it but I involuntarily stop with a 



Tukrji near 

 Cohunbii 



Photo by Ihc Author. 



MONOTONOUS UPLAND SUITS THE BARTRAMIAN. 



