WANDERING TATTLER. 
259. Heteractitis incanus. 11 inches. 
This is a handsome species, uniform gray above and white 
below, closely barred (in summer) with blackish, the bars be¬ 
coming broken on the throat, forming spots. In winter the 
under parts and throat are white. During the breeding season 
it is found on the coast and islands of Alaska, building its 
nest along the marshy shores and banks of streams. 
UPLAND PLOVER—BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 
261. Bartramia longicauda. 12 inches. 
This is a bird of the hillsides or prairies, seldom, being 
found near the water, their food consisting more of insects 
and worms than is usual with others of the Plover or Sand¬ 
piper families. They are quite shy, and are one of the biids 
much hunted for the table. Upper parts almost black, with 
feathers all edged with buff, giving them a very mottled ap¬ 
pearance. Black on top of the head 5 neck light buff, stieakcd 
with black; under parts white. 
Nest.— Usually placed in fields of grass, m slight hollows 
of the ground, lined with grass. They are frequently made and 
eggs deposited in good mowing fields just about the time for 
cutting the grass, and many nests are destroyed at this time. 
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