240 CALIDMS ARENARIA. 



on various parts of the coast during summer ; but it does not 

 appear that this species breeds in any part of Britain. 



At that season it has been found in the arctic regions of 

 both Europe and America. In winter it extends southward 

 along the shores, and is very generally dispersed, being, it is 

 said, observed in Africa and India. In autumn it is extremely 

 fat, and affords delicate eating. 



Young. — In their full plumage the young, when they 

 arrive on our coast are as follows : — The bill and feet are 

 black, as in the adult. The forehead, a band over the eyes, 

 the throat, and all the lower parts are white ; thei'e is a 

 dusky loral band, and the cheeks are faintly marked with 

 dark grey, of which there is a patch on the ear-coverts ; the 

 hind part and sides of the neck are whitish-grey, finely 

 streaked Avith darker ; the sides of the breast dotted with the 

 same. The feathers of the upper parts are black, margined 

 Avith greyish-white, the larger variegated with yellowish spots. 

 The wings are nearly as in the adult ; the inner elongated 

 secondaries grey, with white and dusky spots toward the 

 end. The feathers on the hind part of the back grey, darker 

 toward the end ; the tail-feathers grey on the outer, nearly 

 white on the inner web, the two middle darker, all bordered 

 with white. 



Remarks. — With one who looks to the general form, 

 structure, and habits of birds, rather than to some insignifi- 

 cant conventional or artificial characters, there can be no 

 doubt whatever as to the direct affinity of the Sanderling to 

 the Dunlin and the Tringae. It is, in fact, a Tringa desti- 

 tute of hind toe, just as Phalaropus platyrhinchus is a Tringa 

 with the margins of the toes enlarged. 



