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GRALLATORES. ARENARTA. SANDEBLING. 



Subsequent authors, however, very properly separated it 

 from the true Plovers (as the form of its bill was plainly in- 

 compatible with such an arrangement), and made it the type 

 of a separate genus, named, by BECHSTEIN and MEYER, 

 Arenaria, and by ILLIGER Calidris. In the form of its feet 

 and general habits we trace its affinity to the typical Cha- 

 radriada, so that its situation in this Family is distinctly 

 marked. At the same time, the connexion of this bird with 

 the Scolopacida is supported by the structure of its bill, 

 which strongly resembles that of the genus Tring-a ; and it 

 thus becomes one of those essential links, as it were, that so 

 beautifully unite the groups of the different families through- 

 out the whole feathered tribe. 



The Sanderlirig is as yet the only species of its genus. Its 

 geographical range is extensive, being found, during its pe- 

 riodical migrations, in all quarters of the globe. It is sub- 

 ject to the double moult, and the change from the winter to 

 the summer plumage is very distinct. 



Winter 

 plumage, 

 and young. 



COMMON SANDERLING. 



ARENARIA CALIDRIS, Meyer. 



PLATE XXXVI. FIGS. 1 & 2. 



Arenaria Calidris, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 7- 68. pi. 59. f. 4. 



Arenaria vulgaris, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 11. 490. pi. 35. 



Calidris arenaria, Leach's Cat- Br. Mus. p. 28. -Flem. Brit. Anim. 1. 112. 



sp. 162. 



Sanderling variable, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 524. 

 Common Sanderling, Shaw's Zool. 11. 490. pi. 35. winter plumage Flem. 



Br. Anim. 1. 112. 162. 

 Tringa arenaria, Linn. Syst. 1. 255. 9. Rail Syn. 109. A. 11 Gmel 



Syst. 1. 680. 



Charadrius grisea minor, Briss. Ornith. 5. 636. 17. t. 20. f. 2. 

 Le Sanderling, Buff. Ois. 7- 532. 

 Charadrius Calidris, Linn. Syst. 1. 255. 9 Gmel. Syst. 1. 689 Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. 2. 741. sp. 4. 



Arenaria vulgaris, Bechst. Tasschenb. Deut. 2. 462. 

 Sanderling, or Curwillet, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 480. No. 212. pi. 73 Arct, 



Zool. 2. 403. Will. (Angl.) 303 Lath. Syn. Sup. 5. 197 Id. Sup. 



253 Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 315 Bewick's Br. Birds, 2. t. p. 1 Pult. 



Cat. Dorset. 16 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 2 Id. Sup Wils. Amer. Orn. 



7. 68. pi. 59. fig. 4. 



