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Young. — Somewhat similar to the winter plumage'of the adult, 
but not so uniform above; the entire under surface of body pure 
white, as also the forehead and sides of face, but the centre of 
the forehead mottled with blackish to the base of the bill, and 
with a dusky streak between the bill and the eye, as well as 
along the upper edge of the car-coveits; on the sides of the 
breast and on the fore-neck there is generally a tinge of vinous 
buff or vinous ; the sides of the upper breast and the sides of 
the neck are distinctly spotted with black. The upper surface 
is for the most part black, mottled with spots of white or sandy 
whitish, these spots being mostly terminal on the back and 
scapulars ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ashy, 
with a sandy-buff tip, and a sub-terminal spot of black, and 
fringed at the tips with a narrow blackish line, giving the 
rump the appearance of being lined transversely with black ; 
the head is also blackish, varied with brown or whitish edges 
to the feathers, and forming a more or less distinct cap, which 
is separated from the mantle by the light colour of the hind- 
neck, which is ashy, streaked with dusky-browm ; wings much 
as in the winter plumage of the adult, but the greater and 
median coverts, as well as the inner secondaries, mottled like 
the back. 
Range in Great Britain. — The Sanderling is a frequent visitor to 
our coasts in the autumn, and a few are said to remain during 
the winter. The migration, consisting of old as well as of young 
ones, commences about the middle of August. In springs 
birds in summer plumage are noticed on their return journey 
from April to June, but at this season of the year they are less 
frequently observed. 
Range outside the British Islands. — As regards its breeding- range, 
the Sanderling is decidedly a circum-polar species and probably 
breeds in most portions of the Arctic tundra, although its eggs 
are still very rare in collections. It was found nesting by Sabine 
on the Parry Islands in the early part of the century, but no 
eggs appear to have been brought back. Colonel Feilden 
procured two eggs in Smith’s Sound (Lat. 82° 35') on the 4th 
of June, 1876, while eggs and nestlings of the species have been 
found by the German Arctic expedition on Sabine Island in 
Eastern Greenland, and on the west side nestlings have been 
