THE LONG- TAILED TATTLERS. 
267 
they have the tarsus transversely plated with scales both before 
and^ behind. They differ from the Snipes, however, in having 
a distinct web connecting the base of the outer toe with_ that 
of the middle one, and a smaller web connecting the inne 
ioe wl.ri 5 e middll one, » that the toe, a,= 
cleft to the base, as is the case with the Snipes and Sand 
pipers. 
the long-tailed tattlers, genus BARTRAMIA. 
Bartramia, Less.Traitd dOrn. p. 553 (^^ 3 ^)' 
Type, B. longicatcda (Bechst.). 
From the other Tattlers the genus Bart rant, a differs in the 
following characters. The bill is short, and the tail is raUier 
o e so that the latter exceeds the length of the culmen. The 
tarsus on the other hand, is decidedly long, and measures more 
han the length of the bill. The bare part of the tibia is exten- 
sive and is equal to half the length of the tarsus. 1 he tail, 
moreover, is peculiar in shape, being long and graduated, the 
outer feathers falling short of the middle ones. 1 here is a dis- 
thrct thickening of the end of the bill, which has a dertral swel- 
Sn? as in the Plovers; the feathers of the chin also are pro- 
dnctd forwards, so as to extend considerably beyond the line 
of the forehead. 
bartram’s tattler. 
BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA. 
Tringa longicauda, Bechst, Kiirze Uebers. Latham, p. 4 S 3 j pl- 
Mtitlris'^/olgirndus, B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 173 (1883). 
BartZi^ longicauda, Saunders, ed. Yarrell’s Brit. B. hl p. 440 
(S ; id. Man. Brit. B. p. 589 (1889) 1 Sharpe, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xxiv.p. 509 (1896). . ... , 
Tetanus bartrami, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. m. p. no, ph 3 ^ 
(1885). , . 
Adalt Male.— General colour above mottled, the feathers being 
black with sandy-buff or whitish edges, the scapmars barred 
with black - lower back and rump uniform black; central uppe* 
S cofeS aiso blackish, the lateral one, sand, -buff .-..h more 
