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Tnjnqn tridnctiih, Pail. Zoo>{. Hohso-Ah. II. l«s!a, 108. 

 Citliilih fi-iiiij>ii,l,n, ViKir.l,. (lal. Oil. II. l.s;)|, !'.'., iil. •234. 

 Caliilris uiiifrkiniii, IIiikiim, Vmj^. pi'iitNchl. 1&31, tilt5. 

 "Culidria jiiijil/iis, ViKii.r." 



Hah. Ni'iirly cosiiKiiKjlitim, Imt bicfilinj,' mily in tlu' An-tic mitl Subarctic districts, in Aiia-ric n 

 iiiigriitini^' Muutli to rala^'nnia and Chili. Cliii'lly litttintl, )>ut hviiut'iitiii^ also tlu- lar^'ur iidaii<l 

 wati'rs. 



Si*. Chau. X(i hind toe ; front toes niodcrati- or ratlu-r lon^', llatti'UtMl undi'rni'ath, distimtiv 

 inar^^iiK'il with a nicinliraiic. Hill Htrai;^dit, ratiicr tiiick ; rid;{c of u]i|M'r niandiliii' llattiMied ; iia~:d 

 ^Toovf diTj) and nearly as lonj,' as tiic iipiicr niandilijc, not so distinct in tlic lower ; Itoth niamli 

 hli's widciicil anil tlattcncd at the li|> ; api'itnit' of liif nostril laij^u and covered with a nienihrain'. 

 Winj,' loii),' ; tail short, with the niidclie feathers longest ; under coverts long as the tail ; legs nioil 

 crate ; lower third of the tiliiii naked. Lower parts wliite, immaculate on tlie helly, sides, (lank-. 



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a.villars, nnal region, and crissum ; groafev wing-coverts lnoadly tipped with white, and inm i 

 Jirimaries wiiite at base of outer webs. Aihilt in sioinmr: Above, liglit rufous, broken by laiy.' 

 spots of black, the feathers mostly tipjied witii whitish. Head, lu'ck, throat, and jugulum, i>ali- 

 cinuamon-ruious, sjieckied below and streaked aliove with blackish. Atliilt in winUr: Above, 

 Very pale pearl-gray (the lesser wing-covi'its darker anteriorly), relieved oidy by faint daikii' 

 shatt-streaks of the feathers. Thiont and jiiguluin inimuculati! pure wiiite. Adult in uprimi: 

 Above, liglit grayish, with large l>liick spots (streaks on the crown), here and there mi.xed wiili 

 rufous; jugulum speckled witii dusky on a white ground. Youmj: Aliove, jiale gray, spollnl 

 with black ami whitish, tli<' latter on tips of tlie feathers ; jugulum inmuiculate white, faintly 

 tinged with dull luilf. " Hill and feet black ; iris brown" (Aldiiion). 



Total length, about 7.7r)-8.(M) inches; wing, 4,7<)-6.00 ; culinen, .95-l.(X) ; tamis, .90-1.(1") . 

 middle toe, ..").'>-.«iO. 



In tlie universality of its distribution tlie Sanderlinji; is probably not surpassed 

 by any known sitccies. It is fotind on both tlie Atlantie and I'acitic eoast of North 

 America and in the interior. It wanders in fall and winter to the West Indies. 

 Mexico, Central, and over the greater i)ortion of South, America. It is in like nuni- 

 ner found in the breed inj,'-season scattered over Northern Eurojie and Asia, and from 

 Auf,'ust to June it occurs at various ])criods in ('eiitral and Southern Asia and 

 Europe, Africa to Xatal, flajian, tiiid on .several of the islands lying to the south 

 and southeast of Asia. 



This is a bird of the highest Arctic distribution, having been taken by Captain 

 Hall's i)arty, in the "Polaris" Expedition, on the west coast of (Jreenland. It w;is 

 also observed by Mr. Feilden, of the Expedition of 1H7.V187(>, in Grinnell Land on 

 the 5th of June, 187G, flying in coin[)any with Knots and Turnstones; at tliis date it 

 was feeding, like the other Waders, on the buds of Sn.riffaga ofipositifolia. It was iiv 

 no means abundant along the coast of that region, but Mi: Feilden observed several 



