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pairs in tlie aggregate, and found one of their nests, containing two eggs, in latitude 
82° 33' 1ST., on the 24th of June, 1876. The nest — from which he killed the male 
bird — was placed on a gravel ridge, at an altitude of several hundred feet above the 
sea. The eggs were deposited in a slight depression in the centre of a recumbent 
plant of Arctic willow, the lining of the nest consisting of a few withered leaves and 
some of the last year’s catkins. On the 8th of August, 1876, along the shores of 
Robeson Channel, Mr. Feilden saw several parties of young ones — three to four in 
number — following their parents, and, led by the old birds, searching most dili- 
gently for insqcts. At this date they were in a very interesting stage of plumage, 
being just able to fly, but retaining some of their down. 
The migrations of the Sanderling appear to be made indifferently along the coast 
or through the interior, both in the Old and in the New World. Wherever there are 
large bodies of inland water, to the banks of these it is attracted alike in its spring 
and in its autumnal migrations. It is. an abundant visitant along the shores of our 
own Great Lakes, arriving in full breeding-plumage about the 20th of May, and is 
seen, according to Mr. Nelson, in flocks of from five to seventy-five along the shore 
of Lake Michigan until the 10th of June. It returns about the 1st of August, still 
wearing its breeding-dress which is changed about the last of the month for the 
more sober colors of winter. It departs about the 20th of October. It is found 
almost exclusively along the bare sandy beach. 
Mr. R. 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 
shores through the winter. He afterward met with this species at Hungpe Creek, 
in the Island of Hainan, March 30. On the Red Sea it was met with by Dr. Heuglin, 
but was not seen there from June to September. It was first noticed, about the end 
of September, near Ras Belul, on the marshy coast, in small flocks, some being still 
partly in their summer dress ; and in October and November it was very frequent 
in winter plumage near Zeila, Berbera, Beude, Gam, etc. Specimens have also been 
procured from India ; and Mr. Temminck received them from Japan, from the Sunda 
Islands, and from New Guinea. Dr. A. Smith obtained specimens in South Africa; 
and Mr. J. H. Gurney (“Ibis,” 1865) mentions the occurrence of this species in the 
Colony of Natal, also in South Africa, where he found it gregarious on the sea-beach, 
running about with great activity while feeding, following the waves as they retired, 
obtaining its food on the very edge of the water, and very rapid in its flight. This 
bird was observed in the Ionian Islands by Mr. T. L. Powys ; and Mr. C. A. Wright 
(“ Ibis,” 1864) mentions the capture of a single specimen in Malta, Sept. 24, 1862. 
It was found by Mr. Saunders abundant in Southern Spain during the autumn and 
part of the winter, but was not seen by him after the early spring, nor in its breeding- 
plumage. 
The Sanderling, according to Yarrell, is well known on most of the sandy shores 
of Great Britain and Ireland, where it is found at the water’s edge, usually in com- 
pany with the Tringa aljpina. It also associates with the smaller Plovers, resembling 
them in its habits, frequenting 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 
eggs were unknown to Yarrell. Several in full summer livery — says Mr. Heysham — 
were killed on the coast in the vicinity of Brow-Houses as late as June 4. Others 
were observed by Mr. Bullock at the northern extremity of Scotland as late as the end 
of June ; but they were believed to go farther north to breed. This species visits 
the shores of Sweden and Iceland, but breeds — so far as known — still farther north. 
