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CALIDRIS ARENARIA. THE COMMON 

 SANDERLING. 



CURWILLET. TOWILLY. SAND LARK. OX-BIRDS. 



Fig. 19. 



Tringa arenaria. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 255. 



Ckaradrius calidris. Linn. Syst. Nat. f. 25-5. 



Charadrius calidris. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 741. 



Charadrius rubidus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 740. 



Sanderling. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Sanderling variable. Calidris arenaria. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 524. 



Calidris arenaria. Common Sanderling. Flem. Brit. Anim. 112. 



Common Sanderling. Arenaria Calidris. Selb. Ulustr. II. 208. 



Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 183. 



Calidris arenaria. Bonap. Conip. List. 50. 



In winter the upper parts pale grey, with dusky lines ; the 

 lower white ; wings black and grey with a white band. In 

 summer the upper parts variegated with black and red; the 

 lower red anteriorly, white behind. Young with the upper 

 parts black, and variegated ivith yellow and white ; the lower 

 white. 



The Sanderling is a lively little bird, very similar to the 

 Dunlin, in winter not easily distinguishable from it at a dis- 

 tance, but readily known when procured by its wanting the 



