SANDERLING. 
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The Sanderling or Dotterel Tringa, Are- 
naeia calidris. — T ring a armaria. Rag, Linn . — 
Calidris armaria, Leach. — Armaria calidris, Meyer 
and modern ornithologists. — Sander ling or Common 
Sanderling of British authors. — The Sanderling is 
pretty frequent on our shores during spring, autumn 
and winter, but does not breed with us ; at least no 
authentic instances are on record. Mr. Yarrell has 
stated its frequency on the English shores, and we 
have ourselves procured it from the north-eastern 
coasts. In Scotland it is also met with in small 
parties, and we have shot it on the hanks of the 
Solway. Mr. Thompson records it in Ireland. 
"When we have observed the Sanderling, it has 
generally been in small parties, unmixed with other 
Tringw ; and the manner of running along the 
sand or shingle, with the head drawn very close 
upon the shoulders, is much in the manner of the 
small Dotterels. Occasionally we have seen them 
associated with the Purre, among which they were 
easily detected by their lighter colour and their call. 
It is a species apparently of very wide distribution, 
breeding far north and within the Arctic Circle, 
and reaching southward at least to Mexico. New 
Guinea and Sunda are given to it by M. Temminck ; 
it is not, however, enumerated by Sir. Jerdan. We 
possess specimens from Southern Africa and North 
America. 
In the breeding plumage, the Sanderling may be 
said to have the ground tint of the upper plumage 
