BARTRAMIA.
Bill straight, shorter than tarsus ; gape deep, reaching under the eye ; tail wedge-shaped.
Above dark brown with buff margins, primaries barred white on inner webs, rump and upper tail coverts black ; chin and abdomen white, breast and flanks buff with pointed or arrow-shaped brown markings, under tail coverts buff. Bill black, yellowish at
base. Legs and feet light yellow. Wing 163-180. Tarsus 46-47. Bill 28-31.
An American breeding species of rare occurrence in Europe. Recorded Malta, Italy, Germany, Holland, Denmark, and about twelve times in British Isles.