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BARTRAM’S SANDPIPER. 
TOTAjYUS BJlRTEJlMim. 
[Plate LIX.— Fig. 2.] 
Temminck, Manuel (VOmithologiey p. 650. — Peale’s Museum., No. 4040. 
THIS bird being, as far as I can discover, a new species, un- 
described by any former author, I have honored it with the name 
of my very worthy friend, near whose Botanic Gardens, on the 
banks of the river Schuylkill, I first found it. On the same mea- 
dows I have since shot several other individuals of the species, and 
have thereby had an opportunity of taking an accurate drawing 
as well as description of it. 
Unlike most of tlieir tribe, these birds appeared to prefer run- 
ning about among the grass, feeding on beetles and other winged 
insects. There were three or four in company ; they seemed ex- 
tremely watchful, silent, and shy, so that it was always with ex- 
treme difficulty I could approach them. 
These birds are occasionally seen there during the months of 
August and September, but whether they breed in the vicinity I 
have not been able to discover. Having never met with them on 
the sea shore, I am persuaded that their principal residence is in 
the inteinor, in meadows and such like places. They run with great 
rapidity, sometimes spreading their tail and dropping their wings, 
as birds do who wish to decoy you fi*om their nest ; when they 
alight they remain fixed, stand very erect, and have two or three 
sharp whistling notes as they mount to fly. They are remarkably 
plump birds, weighing upwards of three quarters of a pound; tlieir 
flesh is superior, in point of delicacy, tenderness and flavour, to 
anv other of the tribe with which I am acquainted. 
