506 



OBALLATORES. 



CHARADRIIDJE. 



CHARADRIIDjE. 



THE SANDERLING. 



Calidris arenaria. 



Charadrius calidris, Sanderling Plover, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 106. 



The Sanderling, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Calidris arenaria, Common FLEM. Brit. An. p. 112. 



Arenaria calidris, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 208. 



Calidris arenaria, The JENTNS, Brit. Yert. p. 183. 



Arenaria calidris, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Calidris arenaria, Sanderling variable, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 522. 



CALIDBIS. Generic Characters. Beak 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 mode- 

 rate 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 membrane at their base. 



