BIRDS OF 



Nest, a depression in the ground, in or near some moist place ; lined with 

 withered grass. 



Eggs 3 to 4 ; variable in color, usually clay color, blotched or spotted 

 with umber-brown, 



A very abundant species during the season of migration, 

 thronging alike the shores of the sea, and those of our inland 

 lakes and marshes. 



They visit the shores of Hamilton Ba}' in spring and fall in 

 considerable numbers, but are so much disturbed by amateur 

 gunners that they soon seek for more retired feeding grounds 

 elsewhere. 



Some, but probably not all of them, breed far north, as they 

 are here till the end of May and return again with their 3'oung 

 by the end of August. They are usually found associating with 

 the Least Sandpiper, which they much resemble in general 

 appearance, but the semipalmated toes of the present species is 

 always a sure distinguishing mark. 



Genus CALIDRIS Cuvier. 

 98. CALIDRIS ARENARIA (Linn.). 248. 



Sanderling. 



Adult in summer : head, neck and upper parts varied with black, ashy 

 and bright reddish ; below from the breast pure white ; tail except central 

 feathers light-ash, nearly white ; primaries gray with blackish edges and tips, 

 the shafts of all and bases of most white ; secondaries white except a space at 

 the end, and greater coverts broadly white tipped ; bill and feet black. 

 Adult in winter, and young, nc reddish ; speckled with black and white, 

 sometimes tawny tinged on the jugulum. Length, 7^-8 ; wing, 4^-5 ; tail, 

 . 2j ; bill, about i ; tarsus, i or lather less ; middle toe and claw, |. 



Hab. Nearly cosmopolitan, breeding in the Arctic and Subarctic 

 regions, migrating, in America, south to Chili and Patagonia. 



A species of very wide geographical distribution, being found 

 in suitable places nearly all over the world. 



It visits the shores of the great lakes in Ontario during the 

 season of migration, and appears in different dress according to 

 age or the season of the 5^ear. In spring the breast and fore 



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