SANDERLING PLOVER. 



(Calidris arenaria, Illiger. Tringa arenaria, Lin. Charadrius 

 calidris, Wilson, vii. pi. 59. fig. 4. [adult in winter dress.] Phil. 

 Museum, No. C204, and Ruddy Plover, C. ruhidus, Wilson, vii.pl. 

 G3. fig. 3. [summer dress.] ) 



Specific Character. — The Bill straight and shorter than the head ; 

 the rump ash colored, and with the middle tail feathers the long- 

 est. — Summer plumage, varied with blackish, white, and rufiDUs, 

 beneath white. — Winter livery, pale ash color, and with the sides 

 of the head, and all beneath, white. 



The Sanderlings, in accumulating flocks, arrive on the 

 shores of Massachusetts from their remote northern breed- 

 ing places towards the close of August. They are seen 

 also about the same time on the coast of New Jersey, and 

 still farther to the south, where they remain throughout the 

 greater part of the winter, gleaning their subsistence exclu- 

 sively along the immediate borders of the ocean, and are 



