Bartramia longi cauda . 
Heath, Massachusetts. 
2 . 
To-night when I visited, her, her behavior was very dif- 
ferent. She let me coiae within a foot of the nest, when she 
"scooted", uttering the familiar plover note - not the cry. 
She did not raise her wings but slipped from cover to cover 
constantly calling, I 'withdrew keeping her in sight and when 
she made a circuit of some rods she ran silently and swiftly 
back to the nest. 
Mr. Thompson, the f4rmer, tells me that when he first 
discovered the nest the mother always deserted, frightened, 
but that now she will A remain quietly sitting when he is near. 
On the ninth my sister and I were surprised to have the 
pair fly into our yard and circle about us nearer than plover 
had ever come to us before. If you wish to visit this nest, 
you know that you will be welcome at Plover Hill, if you 
cannot do so and care to know what happens I will do my best 
to tell you about it. 
Yours sincerely, 
Mary Ab by White. 
June 11, 1902. 
Heath, Massachusetts. 
My dear Professor Brewster, 
I am too sore hearted to write about it. The nest 
is empty and the plover gone. On Monday morning I heard the 
plover note so persistently that I wondered what it meant - 
and a little later the mother was found slipping from her 
