32 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS, 



treating with the influx or reflux of the sea. It is naturally very- 

 unwary, and regards man with less suspicion than most of our 

 Tringas. When fired into, those which survive rise with a low 

 whistling note, perform a few evolutions, and presently resume 

 their occupation with as much confidence as previously exhibit- 

 ed. When wounded in the wing it takes to the water and 

 swims well. 



" Late in the season it gets very fat, and is excellent eating. 

 The plumage of the Sanderling, like most other species, varies 

 with the seasons. In spring, the fore part of the neck and up- 

 per portion of the breast, is of a pale rufous color ; in autumn, 

 the entire lower parts are pure white — exceeding in whiteness 

 the bleached sand on which it dwells. 



"Early writers have classed this bird under the genus Cliara- 

 drvus — Plover — to which the only claim it has, is, that the hind 

 toe is wanting. Wilson, in his excellent work, speaks of the 

 impropriety of this arrangement — though not wishing to disturb 

 previous classification, has followed the same system as that 

 adopted by his predecessors. 



" In our more modem nomenclature, it appears in a new 

 genus — Calidris — of Illiger — and up to the present day is the 

 only species of that genus discovered. In Mr. Audubon's work 

 it is classed with the Tringas, and with the next we close our 

 remarks on that genus." 



No. 14. The Spotted Sandpiper — Trhiga Macularia, — 

 Vulgo, Teeter- Tiltiij). 



Triuo^a macularia, Wils. Amer. Orn. Totaiius macularius, Bonap. Syn. Spot- 

 ted Taller or Peet-weet, Nutt. Man. Spotted Sandpiper, Tetanus macula- 

 rius, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



"Specific Character. — Bill along the gap about one inch; length 

 of tarsi seven-eighths ; upper parts brown, barred with dusky ; 

 lower parts white, spotted with blackish-brown. Adult with the 

 bill longer than the head, slender, greenish-yellow at the base, 

 dusky at the end ; lower parts white, distinctly spotted with 



