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SANDERLING. 



CALIDRIS AEENAKIA, 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. 



TOTAJSUS BAETRAMIT, Gould. 



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- A von. 

 One instance is recorded of the capture of one of 



