SANDERLING 



CURWILLET TO WILLY. 



PLATE CLV.* FIGURE III 



Arenaria calidris, GOULD 



Arenaris vulgaris STEPHENS. 



Calidris arenaria LINNAEUS. 



Charadrius calidris, PENNANT. 



Charadrius rubidus, GMELIN. 



THE nest is said to be placed in marshy places, and 

 formed in a rude manner of grass. Col. W. H. Fielden, 

 of the Polar Expedition, found one on a gravel ridge, at a 

 height of several hundred feet above the sea, in a hollow 

 in a low willow bush, lined with a few leaves and catkins. 

 One brood only is reared in the year. 



The eggs are described as being four in number, buffish 

 olive, according to Seebohm, and thickly spotted with olive 

 brown. Those figured by Mr. Fielden are of a bright 

 yellowish brown, speckled over with spots of a darker 

 shade. 



This bird, which is common in winter only in Great 

 Britain, breeds in the Arctic regions. 



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