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SANDERLING. 
Dungeness and Rye Harbour, and, again, along the flats as far as Winchelsea ; about Shoreham and 
Lancing and on towards Goring they are also not unfrequently met with. During stormy weather in 
December and the two following months they may be seen running actively just above the reach of the 
surf on the exposed banks at low water, their colouring corresponding with the foam blown off from the 
breakers and drifted along the sands by the force of the cutting blasts of wind. If any of the small 
Waders may be considered fit for table, the Sanderling, in my opinion, stands first on the list, as it does 
not possess the fish- taint that renders the Dunlin and others of the family so unpalatable. 
