64 Miscellaneous Circular 13, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—Field plover; upland plover, the latter term sometimes shortened 
to upland or uplander. 
In local use.—Bartram plover (Pa.); cornfield plover (Md.); flying-colt (N. C.); 
grass-plover (Mass., R. I., Conn., Long Id., N. Y., N. J., Md., S. C.); gray-plover 
(Long Id., N. Y.); highland-plover (Me.); hill-bird (Mass.); humility (Long Id., 
N. Y.); land-plover (Me.); lapwing (N. Y.); papabotte (La.); pasture-plover (N. H., 
Mass.); plain-plover (Long Id., N. Y.); plover (N. H., Conn., lowa, Ill., Ala., Tex.); 
prairie-pigeon (Wis., lowa); prairie-plover (Wis., Mo., Man.); prairie snipe (Wis.); 
quaily (Minn., Man.); regan-fegle (regen-végel, rain-bird) (Pa.); turkey-plover cri) 
whistling-plover (Mich., Ohio); wild-mare (N. C.). 
Geographic index.—Ala., plover; Conn., grass-plover, plover; Jil., plover, turkey- 
plover; fowa, plover, prairie-pigeon; La., papabotte; Me., highland plover, land- 
plever; Man., prairie-plover, quaily; Md., cornfield plover, grass-plover; Mass., 
grass-plover, hill-bird, pasture-plover; Mich., whistling-plover; Minn., quaily; Mo.., 
prairie-plover; V. H., pasture-plover, plover; V. J., grass-plover; NV. Y., grass-plover, 
gray-plover, humility, lapwing, plain-plover; NV. C., flying-colt, wild-mare; Ohio, 
whistling plover; Pa., Bartram plover, regan-fegle; R. J., grass-plover; S. C., grass- 
plover; Tez., plover; Wis., prairie-pigeon, prairie-plover, prairie-snipe. 
BOOK NAMES, 
Bartramian plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramian tattler, Bartram’s field- 
plover, Bartram’s highland snipe, Bartram’s sandpiper, Bartram’s tattler, chevalier 
a longue queue (long-tailed sandpiper), langeschwanzt strandlaufer (long-tailed 
strand-runner, 1. e., shore-bird), maubéche a longue queue (long-tailed sandpiper), 
pluvier des champs (field plover), upland sandpiper. 
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262. Buff-breasted Sandpiper ( Tryngites subruficollis). 
Range.—North and South America. Breeds along the Arctic coast from northern Alaska to northern 
Keewatin (N. W. T.); winters in Argentina and Uruguay; most abundant in migration in the Mississippi 
Valley; occasional on the Atlantic coast in fall; casual on the Pacific coast north to St. Michael, Alaska, 
and to northeastern Siberia; straggles to Bermuda and frequently to western Europe. 
Vernacular names.—Brownback (Va.); cherook (La., see also No. 239); hill grass" 
bird (Mass.); robin snipe (La.). 
Book names.—Bufibreast, maubéche a poitrine jaunatre (yellowish-breasted sand- 
piper), tringa roussatre (reddish sandpiper). 
263. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia). 
Range.—North and South America. Breeds from tree limit in northwestern Alaska, northern Mac- 
kenzie (N. W. T.), central Keewatin (N. W. T.), northern Ungava (Que.), and Newfoundland south 
to southern California, Arizona. southern Texas, southern Louisiana, and southern South Carolina; winters 
from California, Louisiana, and South Carolina to southern Brazil and central Peru; straggles to Great 
Britain and Helgoland. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—Tip-up. 
In local use.—Alouette branle queue (wagtail lark) (Que.); bow-bird, bowing-bird, 
bow-snipe (La.); chevalier de batture (gentleman of the shore, chevalier is applied 
to most sandpipers, so the name really means shore sandpiper or shore-bird) (La.); 
cherook (La.); crooked-winged bird (Labr.); gutter-snipe (Idaho); jerk-bird (Va.); 
peep (Pa.); peet-weet (R. I., N. Y., Md., Ont., Ind., Ala., Nebr., B. C.); pee-weet 
pen-wipe, pewit (Pa.); perk-bird (Va.); pin snipe (Tex.); sand-bird (Me.); sand-lark 
(Que., Ont.); sand snipe (N. J., Md., Va., Ind.); steel-yard bird (Long Id., N. Y.); 
sweeswee (La.); tater-snipe (Long Id., N. Y.); teeter (Me., N. Y., Va., Minn., Ark., 
S. Dak., B. C., Ariz.); teeter-bob (Mass., Ind.); teeter-peep (Mass.); teeter-snipe 
(Long Id., N. Y., N. J., Ont., Ind., Minn., Man., B. C.); teeter-tail (Long Id., N. Y., 
Pa., Va., Iowa, La., Tex., Wash., Oreg.); tilt (Pa., Md.); tilter (Md.); tilt-tail (Pa.); 
tilt-up (N. Y., N. J., Pa.); twitchet (Mass.). 
Geographic index.—Ariz., teeter; Ark., teeter; B. C., teeter, teeter snipe; Idaho, 
gutter-snipe; Jnd., sand snipe, teeter-bob, teeter snipe; Jowa, teeter-tail; Labr., 
crooked-winged bird; La., bow-bird, bowing-bird, bow-snipe, chevalier de batture, 
cherook, swee-swee, teeter-tail; Me., sand-bird, teeter; Man., teeter snipe; Md., 
sand snipe, tilt, tilter, tilt-up; Mass., teeter-bob, teeter-peep, twitchet; Minn., teeter, 
teeter snipe; V. J., sand snipe, teeter snipe, tilt-up; VV. Y., steel-yard bird, tater- 
snipe, teeter, teeter snipe, teeter-tail, tilt-up; Ont., sand-lark, teeter snipe; Oreg., 
teeter-tail; Pa., peep, pee-weet, pen-wipe, pewit, teeter-tail, tilt, tilt-tail, tilt-up; 
Que., alouette branle queue, sand-lark; R. I., peet-weet, pen-wipe, pewit; S. Dak., 
teeter; Ter., pin snipe, teeter-tail; Va., jerk-bird, perk-bird, sand snipe, teeter, 
teeter-tail; Wash., teeter-tail. ; ; : 
