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|i;iirs in the uggrogatc, and I'ouiul oiu- oi tlu-ir lu-Mts, containing two t'Kps, in lutitiulp 

 s:*' '^V N., on till' LMtli of .luno, 187(5. Tin- lu'st — from which lie kiUcd tho mah^ 

 liinl — was placed on a gravel ridge, at an altitude of sifveral hmidred feet above the 

 sea. The eggs were (h'posited in a slight depression in the centre of a reciiiuhont 

 plant of Arctic willow, the lining of the nest consisting of a few withered leaves and 

 sdiiie of the hv»t year's catkins, (hi the Sth of .\iigwst, lH7(j, along the shores of 

 jjidieson Channel, Mr. Feilden saw several jiaities of young ones — three to four in 

 iiuiiilier — following their parents, and, led by the ohl i)ird.s, .searching most dili- 

 1,'ently for insects. At this date they were in a very interesting stage of i)luniage, 

 liriiig just able to Hy, imt retaining some of their down. 



The migrations of the SaniU-rling appear to be made indifferently along the coast 

 iir tiirough the interior, both in the (►Id and in the New World. Wherever there are 

 large bodies of inland water, to the banks of these it is attra<'ted alike in its sjiring 

 and in its autumnal migrations. It is an abundant visitant along the shores of our 

 own (Jrcat Lakes, arriving in full breeding-plumage about the L'Otli of May, and is 

 seen, according to Mr. Ntdson, in flocks of from Hve to seventy-tive along the shore 

 (if Lake .Michigan until the l(»th of .fniie. It returns aluiut the 1st of Augu.st, still 

 wearing its breeding-dress which is changed about the last of the month for the 

 more sober colors of winter. It ilejiarts about the I'Oth of October. It is found 

 almost exclusively ahtng the bare .sandy beach. 



Mr. K. Swinhoe mentions the passage of flocks along the coast of Formosa early 

 in the fall, and their return late in the spring, very few appearing to remain on the 

 sliorcs through the winter, lie afterward met with this species at Hungpe Creek, 

 ill the Island of Hainan. March .'!(>. ( tn the |{ed Sea it was met with by Dr. Ileuglin, 

 hut was not seen there from .luiie to September. It was first noticed, about the end 

 el September, near Has IJtdiil, on the marshy coast, in small flocks, .some being still 

 partly in their snmnier dress ; and in ( Jctober and November it was very fretiuent 

 ill winter plumage near Zeila. I>erbera, l>eude. (Jain, etc. Specimens have also been 

 luiM'ured from India; and ^Ir. Temininck received them from .lapan. from the Sunda 

 Islands, and from \ew (ruinea. Dr. A. Smith obtained s])ecimens in Simth Africa; 

 and .Mr. .1. II. (iiirney ("Ibis." lS(i."») mentions the occurrence of this species in the 

 ('iildiiy of Natal, also in South .\frica, where he found it gregarious on the .sea-beach, 

 niiiiiing about with great activity while feeding, following the waves as they retired, 

 tibtaining its food on the very edge of the water, and very rai)id in its flight. This 

 liiid was observed in the Ionian Islands by ^Ir. T. L. I'owys ; and ^Ir. C. A.Wright 

 ("lliis," 1<S(J4) mentions the capture of a single specimen in Malta. Sept. -'4, ISGli. 

 It was found by Mr. Saunders abundant in Southern Sjiain during the autumn and 

 ]iai t of the winter, but was not seen by him after the early spring, nor in its breeding- 

 pluniage. 



The Sanderling, according to Yarrell, is well known <m most of the sandy shores 

 of (ireat Britain and Ireland, where it is found at the water's edge, usually in com- 

 pany with the Trliiffd ti/ji!na. It also associates with the smaller Plovers, resembling 

 tliciu in its habits, frtMpienting the harder part of the sandy shore, and apparently 

 running or flying with equal ease and rapidity. It has been seen as late as June, 

 and as early in the fall as August ; but is not known to breed in that country, and its 

 engs were unknown to Yarrell. Several in full summer livery — says Air. lleysham — 

 were killed on the coast in the vicinity of IJrow-Houses as late as June -1. Others 

 were observed by Mr. Bullock at the northern extremity of Scotland as late as the end 

 ef June; but they were bidieved to go farther north to breed. This species visits 

 the shores of Sweden and Iceland, but breeds — so far as known — still farther north. 



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