Auk, XII, July, 1895, p. 3 / 0 - 
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Nantucket, April io, 1895. Mr. Charles E. Snow informs me that he 
saw to-day on the Ram Pasture a Bartramian Sandpiper ( Bartramia 
longicauda) and drove wdthin twenty yards of the bird. This is the 
earliest spring record I have ever heard of in this vicinity— George H 
Mack ay, Nantucket , Mass. ?1 ~ )Urdl& . 
A-uk, XIV, Apr., 1897, p ZZ^. 
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Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. - A nest containing 
three eggs was found at Tuckernuck Island, June 22, 1896. It was located 
on the giound in a small bunch of grass, and was well concealed. The 
b.rd flew off the nest. I am told that the young leave the nest as soon as 
they are able to run. 
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Shore Birds of Cape Cod. 
John C. Oahoon. 
Bartramian Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, 
(Bechst.) Upland or Field Plover on Cape 
Cod. A tolerably common spring and common 
summer migrant. It arrives on the Cape in the 
spring between April 12th and May. 10th. On 
their return from the north they reach the Cape 
in small flocks about the last of July or first of 
August. They are the most common from the 
middle or last of August to September 12th. 
After the first week in October none are seen. 
I think a few pair of these birds reside through 
the entire summer, but as I am not positive I 
have not included it as a resident. My ac- 
quaintance with this species is limited, but from 
what I have been able to learn from old gun- 
ners it was in former years abundant on the 
Cape during the migrations. It well deserves 
the name of Field or Upland Plover by which 
it is most commonly known, on account of its 
frequenting high pastures and fields. Its food 
consists of beetles, crickets, grasshoppers and 
other insects which impart to its flesh a savory 
flavor and causes it to be much desired for the 
table. It is rarely if ever seen 011 the beaches 
or flats, but occasionally goes on to the dry salt 
marshes to feed on the crickets and grasshop- 
pers that are very numerous there in the sum- 
mer and autumn. They are very wary and as 
they are in small parties and fly swiftly, a per- 
son to make a fair bag must be a good shot and 
have much experience. 
O.&O. XIII. Sept. 1888 p.13 \~I3Z 
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