SANDERLING. 



427 



GRALLATOEEa. 



CHARAVBIID/E. 



THE SANDERLING. 



Charadrius calidris, Sanderling Plover, Penn. Biit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 106. 

 The Sander/j;ig, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit.Birds, vol. i. p.385. 

 Calidris arenaria. Common „ Flem. Brit. An. p. 112. 



Arenaria calidris, ,. „ Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 208. 



Calidris arenaria, The „ JE^YNS, Brit. Vert. p. 183. 



Arenaria calidris, „ ,. Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



Calidris arenaria, Sanderling variable, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol.ii. p. 522. 



C ALiDRis. Generic Characters.— Beo.k as long as the head, straight, slender, 

 flexible compressed at the base, with the point dilated and smooth. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, narrow, longitudinally cleft in the nasal furrow, which extends to 

 the smooth point of the beak. Wings of moderate length, pointed, the first 

 quill-feather the longest. Legs of mean length, naked above the tarsal joint. 

 Feet with three toes, all directed forwards, with a very small connecting mem- 

 brane at their base. 



