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fossae are very long as in the Godwits, but this bill is not usually 

 longer than the headj their slightly bordered toes have no mem- 

 branes at base, and their thumb can hardly reach the ground; their 

 moderately long legs and short figure give them a heavier carriage 

 than that of the Godwits. They are also much smaller. 



Tr'mga grisea, Tr. cinerea, and Tr. canutus, Gm.; La Mau- 

 beche, Enl. 366; Edw. 276; Wils. VII, Ivii, 2. (The Sandpi- 

 per.) Winter plumage ash-coloured above, white beneath, with 

 blackish spots on the front of the neck and breast. In its sum- 

 mer livery, Tr. islcmcHca, Gm., or Tr. rufa, Wils. VII, Ivii, 5, 

 it is spotted above, fawn colour and blackish; underneath, red. 

 The Tr. nxvia, ILnl. 365, is an intermediate state. The coverts 

 of the tail are always white striped with black, and its quills 

 grey. Nearly as large as a Snipe, 



Tr.maritima, Brun.; Tr. nigricans, Montag., Lin. Trans. IV, 

 pi. 11, f. 2; Brit. Zool. in fob, pi. c. 2, f. 1. Somewhat less 

 than the preceding; grey; the mantle blackish; wings undulated 

 with whitish; whitish belly. It is common on the coast of Hol- 

 land, rare in France. Ahvays settles on stones. (l) 



Arenaria, Bechst.-^CALiDRis, Vig. 



The Sanderlings resemble the Sandpipers in every point but one, 

 viz. they have no thumb, as is the case with the Plovers. 



The species known, Charadrius calidris, Gm. Briss. V, pi. 

 XX, 2; Vieill. Gal. 234, is, in winter, greyish above; front and 

 underneath white; blackish wings, varied with white; Wils., 

 VII, lix, A. In summer, its back is spotted with fawn-colour 

 and black, and its breast dotted with blackish, Char, rubidus, 

 Wils., VII, Ixiii, 3.(2) 



Pelidna, Cuv. 



The Pelidnse are merely small Sandpipers, with a bill somewhat 

 longer than the head. The edging of their feet is insensible. 



Tringa cinclus and alpina; Alouette de mer (The Sea-Lark), is 

 a third smaller than the Great Sandpiper, and like it, in winter, 



(1) Add of European species; Tr. Temminckii, Leisler, Col. 41, 4; Tr. minuta, 

 Leisl. Naum. 21, f. 50. Of species foreign to that country: Tr. leucoptera, Gm., 

 Lath. Syn. Ill, pi. Ixxxiij Tr. albescens, Tem. Col. 41, 1; Tr. maculosa, Vieill. 

 Dict.5 Tr. pusilla, Wils., pi. xxxvii, 4. 



Add Tr. islandku, L., Wils. VIII, p. lvii,f. 2, 5. Am. Ed. 



(2) It has been confounded with the .fllouctte de mer, in its winter plumage, 

 otherwise the little Sandpiper, or Tr. arenaria. Brisson, in particular, g-ives the 

 figure of the one, and the description of the other. The Calidris tringdides, 

 Vieill. GaL 234, seems to be a bad figure of this bird in its summer livery. 



