SANDERLING. 30? 



THE SANDERLING OB DOTTEREL TRINQA, ARE- 

 NARIA CALIDRIS. Tringa arenaria^ Ray, Linn. 

 Calidris arenaria, Leach. Arenaria calidris, Meyer 

 and modern ornithologists. Sanderling or Common 

 Sanderling of British authors. The Sanderling is 

 pretty frequent on our shores during spring, autumn 

 and .winter, but does not breed with us ; at least no 

 authentic instances are on record. Mr. Yarrell has 

 stated its frequency on the English shores, and we 

 have ourselves procured it from the north-eastern 

 coasts. In Scotland it is also met with in small 

 parties, and we have shot it on the banks of the 

 Solway. Mr. Thompson records it in Ireland. 

 When we have observed the Sanderling, it has 

 generally been in small parties, unmixed with other 

 Tringce ; and the manner of running along the 

 sand or shingle, with the head drawn very close 

 upon the shoulders, is much in the manner of the 

 small Dotterels. Occasionally we have seen them 

 associated with the Purre, among which they were 

 easily detected by their lighter colour and their call. 

 It is a species apparently of very wide distribution, 

 breeding far north and within the Arctic Circle, 

 and reaching southward at least to Mexico. New 

 Guinea and Sunda are given to it by M. Temminck ; 

 it is not, however, enumerated by Mr. Jerdan. We 

 possess specimens from Southern Africa and North 

 America. 



In the breeding plumage, the Sanderling may be 

 said to have the ground tint of the upper plumage 



