. The oist . the shelter of theboathouse, as the rain swept down-ward, we descried a pair of Blue-winged Teal dropi)ing into the river,not three hundred yards away, whichwere also probably seeking shelterfrom the storm. An hour later, afterit had cleared, the Teals were nowhereto be seen. They probably drifteddown with the tide, but the Swallows(Barn and Bank) put in their appear-ance and flew about until dusk. These remarks go to show that evenon a pleasure trip, birds can be seenby the observant and records of someimportance obtained. Richard F. , Pa. Bartramia Longicanda.
. The oist . the shelter of theboathouse, as the rain swept down-ward, we descried a pair of Blue-winged Teal dropi)ing into the river,not three hundred yards away, whichwere also probably seeking shelterfrom the storm. An hour later, afterit had cleared, the Teals were nowhereto be seen. They probably drifteddown with the tide, but the Swallows(Barn and Bank) put in their appear-ance and flew about until dusk. These remarks go to show that evenon a pleasure trip, birds can be seenby the observant and records of someimportance obtained. Richard F. , Pa. Bartramia Longicanda. Upland or Field Plover is one of themost difficult birds to approach. 1 hadoccasion to watch during the matingseason, the ])eculiarities of the Wood-cork and the Wilson or so-called Eng-lish Snipe, but I prefer the girationsof the male Upland Plover. In alighting they stretch their wingsto the utmost, high over their backs,as if to get the wrinkles out beforegently folding them. When flushed 356 THE OOLOGIST. Male, Female and Young of Upland Plover THE OOLOGIST 857 they utter a soft bubbling migration, one may clearlyhear those sweet notes from birdstraveling beyond the limits of humanvision. They migrate from here to SouthAmerica, but have not been seen byany reliable ornithologist down thereon account of hardly ever being in theopen, which makes observation alsoexceedingly difficult up here. Foryears we have tried our best to locatetheir nest, and this spring we wererewarded with success. In a dry pas-ture we found about six Upland Plov-er, and by walking up and down, flush-ed a female from the nest containingfour finely marked eggs, size, Their color being creamy buffor white, spotted with reddish brownor chocolate, chiefly at larger end. In order to complete this descriptionas far as possible we tried our bestto obtain a pair of birds and severalyoung, and finally found a dry meadowclose to two tracks of a much fre-quented freight line of the Ne
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