SANDERLING. 



Git ALLA TORES. 



491 

 CHARADR1IDJE. 





. -&r^ 



THE SANDERLING. 



Calidris arenaria. 



CJiaradrius calidris> Sanderling Plover., 



T/ie Sanderling^ 



r 11 11 11 



Calidris arenaria. Common 

 Arenaria calidris, 



Calidris arazana, Tlie 



Arenaria calidris, 



Calidris arenaria, Sanderling variable^ 



PENN. Brit. Zool, vol. ii. p. 106. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

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

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 112. 

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

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 183. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 522. 



CALIDRIS. 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 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 membrane at 

 their base. 



