B A R T R A M 'S P L O V E R .
BARTRAM’S PLOVER.
BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechst.).
Tringa longicauda, Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. aller bek. Vogel,
p. 453 (1811).
Actitis bartrami, Naum. viii. p. 43, xiii. p. 238.
Bartramia longicauda, Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 440.
Actiturus longicaudus, Dresser, viii. p. 119.
I find seven records of the occurrence of this American
species in England in the 4<tli ed. of ‘ Yarrell,’ vol. iii.,
under the heading of “ Bartram’s Sandpiper,” but as,
from all the accounts that are accessible to me, it seems
to resemble the Plovers much more closely in habits
than the Sandpipers, and is very generally known in
the United States as Upland, or Pield-Plover, I have
ventured, with all due deference to our English authorities,
to designate it as a Plover. Never having crossed
the Atlantic, or had the luck to meet with this bird in
Europe, I cannot, of course, give any details concerning
it from personal observation, and therefore quote from a
recent American work to the effect that our bird breeds
on the inland prairies and dry meadows of North
America from the fur-countries of Canada to Pennsylvania,
as well as on both sides of the Mississippi.