In Massachusetts, and to the eastward of that state, this species is best known by the name of “Upland Plover,” and in some other districts it is named the Field Plover. The drawing from which the plate was engraved was taken from individuals shot near Bayou Sara, in the State of Mississippi. TOTANUS BARTRAMIUS, _Ch. Bonap._, Synopsis of Birds of the United States, p. 262. TRINGA BARTRAMIA, _Wils._ Amer. Ornith. vol. vii. p. 63. pl. 59. fig. 2. BARTRAMIAN TATLER, _Nuttall_, Manual, vol. ii. p. 169. TOTANUS BARTRAMIUS, _Richards. and Swains._ Fauna Bor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 391. Adult Male. Plate CCCIII. Fig. 1. Bill a little longer than the head, slender, straight, slightly defected at the end. Upper mandible with the dorsal line straight, the ridge convex, the sides grooved beyond the middle, afterwards convex, the edges inflected, the tips a little deflected, and tapering to an obtuse point. Nostrils sub-basal, lateral, linear, pervious, nearer the edge than the dorsal line. Lower mandible, with the angle very narrow and elongated, beyond it the outline slightly convex, the sides sloping outwards and concave until the middle, afterwards flattened, the edges sharp, the point very narrow. Head rather small, convex above, compressed. Neck of moderate length, slender. Body rather slender. Feet long and slender; tibia bare for about half its length, scutellate before and behind; tarsus long, slender, having before and behind numerous scutella, the narrow lateral spaces with very small oblong scales. Toes slender, the first very short, the second much shorter than the fourth, the third and fourth connected at the base by a web; the scutella numerous; claws small, compressed, slightly arched, rather blunt. Plumage soft, on the neck and lower parts, blended; on the upper rather distinct. Wings rather long, acute, narrow; primaries tapering, and rounded, the first longest, the second a little shorter, the rest rapidly graduated; secondaries obliquely rounded, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail of moderate length, much rounded, of twelve rather narrow feathers.