SO FRANK forester’s FIELD SPORTS. 
which color are the fore-neck and the sides of the breast; lower 
parts white; tail blackish-brown, white at the base, of which 
color are the lateral feathers, with a spot of black on the inner 
vanes near the end—the rest margined with reddish-brown and 
tipped with white; upper tail coverts white; hind part of the 
back white; the feathers on the rump black; fore part of the 
back mottled with black and reddish-brown; primaries dark- 
brown, inner webs white; secondaries broadly edged with 
white, forming a band on the wings; outer secondary coverts 
reddish-brown ; inner black—outer scapulars white, with dusky 
spots; inner scapulars reddish-brown. In winter, the colors are 
duller. Length nine inches, wing five and three-quarters. 
“ In this vicinity, this species is better known to the gunners 
by the name of 1 Brant Bird;’ at Egg Harbor it is called 
‘ Horse-foot Snipe/ from its feeding on the spawn of the king- 
crab, or ‘ horse-foot/ as the bay-men term it. 
“ Early in the month of April it arrives among us from the 
Southern States, where many pass the winter, and leaves for its 
breeding place at the North in the latter part of May. It re¬ 
turns to the shores of New-Jersey and Long Island about Sep¬ 
tember, where it remains until late in autumn. This is not a 
numerous species. In its habits it is rather solitary, and is seen 
singly or in small parties at that season, wandering along the 
beach in search of insects and minute shell-fish, which it pro¬ 
cures by rolling over the small pebbles, from which it receives 
its name. In the fall, it is generally in fine condition, and es 
teemed a delicacy. At Egg Harbor, the young of the species 
are called ‘ Beach Birds/ ” 
No. 13. The Sanderling —Calidris Arenaria; llliger. 
Ruddy Plover, Charadrius rubidus, Wils. Amer. Om. Summer. Sanderling 
Plover, Charadrius Calidris, Wils. Amer. Orn. Winter. Calidris arenaria, 
Sanderling Sw. & Rich. Sanderling Plover, Calidris arenaria; Nutt. Man. 
Sanderling, Tringa arenaria, Aud. Orn. Biog. 
“ Specific Character .—Bill straight, black, along the gap one 
