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SANDERLING. 
Caripris ARENARIA, Flem. 
The Sanderlings appear on our northern coasts 
in the beginning of September, and gradually 
increase in numbers, collecting in large bands, 
which frequent the sandy shores and muddy estu- 
aries, and often mingling with Dunlins. In winter 
they are dispersed on all parts of our coast; but 
in the end of spring they betake themselves to 
the Arctic countries, where they breed, forming a 
rude nest, and laying four dusky-coloured eggs, 
spotted with black. Although individuals may 
be seen on various parts of our coasts in summer, 
it does not appear that they ever breed in this 
country. 
SANDPIPER, BARTRAM’S. 
Toranus Bartramtir, Could. 
We have no record of the capture of more than 
two specimens of this species in England, viz. one 
shot in December, 1854, in a ploughed field 
between Cambridge and Newmarket, and another 
killed a short time afterwards in Warwickshire, 
and now in the collection of Lord Willoughby de 
Broke at Compton Verney, near Stratford-on-Avon. 
One instance is recorded of the capture of one of 
