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ACTITUKUS LONGICAUDUS. 



(BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER.) 



Tringa longicauda, Bechst. Lath. Allg. Uebers. der Vog. Band iv. Theil 2, p. 453 (1812). 



Tringa bartramia, Wils. Am. Orn. vii. p. 63, pi. 59. fig. 2 (1813). 



Totanus melanopygius, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vi. p. 401 (1816). 



Totanus variegatus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vi. p. 397 (1816). 



Totanus bartramia (Wils.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 650 (1820). 



Bartramia laticauda, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 553 (1831). 



Actidurus, Bp. (Tringa bartramia, Wils.), Sagg. Distrib. metod. Anim. Vertebr. Agg. e 



Correz. p. 143 (1832). 

 Euliga, Nutt. (Tringa bartramia, Wils.), Man. Orn. U. S. & Canada, ii. p. 167 (1834). 

 Actitis bartrami (Wils.), J. F. Naumann, Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. viii. p. 43 (1836). 

 Actiturus bartrami (Wils.), Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 73 (1840). 

 Actiturus bartramius (Wils.), Bp. Comp. List, p. 51 (1838). 

 Tringoides bartramius (Wils.), G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 574 (1846). 

 Bartramius longicaudus (Bechst.), Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 2nd ser. ix. p. 59 (1857). 

 Actidurus longicaudus (Bechst.), Bias. Verz. Vog. Eur. p. 12 (1861). 

 Actiturus longicaudus (Bechst.), Bias. List B. of Eur. p. 18 (1862). 



Figure notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Gralles, pi. 20; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 196; Gould, B. of Eur. 

 pi. 313; id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 63; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 327; Wilson, Am. Orn. 

 pi. 59. fig. 2. 



Ad. ptil. test, pileo nigro-fusco rufescenti-cervino notato, fronte albida, fusco striata : dorso et uropygio nigri- 

 cantibus, hoc rufescenti-cervino notato : tectricibus alarum, remigibus secundariis et scapularibus 

 griseo-cervinis nigro-fusco fasciatis : remigibus primariis in pogonio externo et in parte apicali nigri- 

 cantibus, in pogonio interno albis nigro fasciatis : rectricibus centralibus cervino-fuscis, nigro fasciatis, 

 reliquis rufescentibus nigro fasciatis et albo terminatis, cum fascia magna, subapicali notatis : mento et 

 capitis lateribus albis : corpore subtus albo vix cervino tincto : gula nigro striata, et pectore conspicue 

 fasciis nigris notato : hypochondriis, subalaribus et axillaribus nigro fasciatis : rostro ad basin flavo, 

 nigro terminate : iride fusca : pedibus ochraceo-flavidis. 



Ad. ptil. Mem. similis, sed corpore supra vix pallidiore et magis rufo-cervino notato : gutture et pectore minus 

 notatis nee fasciatis, sed nigro-fusco striatis. 



Adult Female (Wisconsin, 5th June). Forehead buffy white marked with blackish brown ; crown blackish 

 brown marked with rufous buff and with an irregular central buff stripe ; hind neck brownish buff, 

 striped with black ; back and rump glossy blackish brown, the feathers on the former slightly margined 

 with rufous buff; upper surface of the wings warm greyish buff, varied in tone of colour and barred 



