Winter 
plumage, 
208 GRALLATORES. ARENARIA. SANDERLING. 
Subsequent authors, however, very properly separated it 
from the trwe 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 Becusrern and MryeEr, 
Arenaria, and by InticEr Calidris. In the form of its feet 
and general habits we trace its affinity to the typical Cha- 
radriade, so that its situation in this Family is distinctly 
marked. At the same time, the connexion of this bird with 
the Scolopacide is supported by the structure of its bill, 
which strongly resembles that of the genus T'’ringa ; 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 Sanderling 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. 
COMMON SANDERLING. 
Arenaria Carats, Meyer. 
PLATE XXXVI. _ Fices. 1 & 2. 
Arenaria Calidris, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 7. 68. pl. 59. f. 4. 
Arenaria vulgaris, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 11. 490. pl. 35. 
Calidris arenaria, Leach’s Cat. Br. Mus. p. 28.—F em. Brit. Anim. 1. 112. 
sp. 162. 
senferiitie variable, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 524. 
Common Sanderling, Shaw’s Zool. 11. 490. pl. 35. winter plumage.—Flem. 
Br. Anim. }. 112. 162. 
Tringa arenaria, Linn. Syst. 1. 255. 9.—Raii Syn. 109. A. 11.—Gmel. 
Syst. 1. 680. 
Charadrius grisea minor, Briss. Ornith. 5. 636. 17. t. 20. fi 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. 
and young. Sanderling, or Curwillet, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 480. No. 212. pl. 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. Dict. 2.—Jd. Sup.— Wils. Amer. Orn. 
7. 68. pl. 59. fig. 4. 
