OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 291 



circumstance in this group of birds for the adults to migrate south 

 as soon as their young, and before completing their autumn 

 moult ; but this the Sanderling does, and I have repeatedly shot 

 adults in breeding dress the first week in August. 



Diagnostic Characters. — THnga, with no hind toe, and the 

 legs and feet black. Length, 8 inches. 



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