378 CLASS AVES. 



Europe, one in England, another in France, at the 

 same time.* 



The Sanderlings. Arenaria. Bechst. 



Resemble the sandpipers in all points except this, 

 that, like the plovers, they are entirely destitute of 

 thumb. 



The species known, (Charadrius Calidris. Gm.) 

 Briss. V. pi. XX. §. 2. Vieill. Gal. 234., is in winter, 

 greyish, above ; white, underneath, and on the 

 forehead ; with blackish wings, varied with white. 

 Wils. vii. lix. A. In summer, its back is spotted 

 with fawn-colour and black; and the breast has 

 blackish points. 



(CJiar. Ruhidus,) Wils. vii. Ivii. 3. 



It has been confounded with the sea-lark, Tr. 

 Arenariay in its winter plumage. It is worthy of 

 remark, that Brisson gives the description of one 

 bird, and the figure of another. The Calidris Trin- 

 go'ides, Vieill. Gal. 234, appears to be a bad figure of 

 this bird in the summer plumage. 



The Sea-Larks. Pelidna. Cuv. 



Are small sandpipers, with the biU a little larger 



* Wagler, in his monograph of this genus, has divided the species into 

 1 . Those with the tarsi shielded, slender, longer than the middle toe ; 

 middle claw, toothed, T. Falcinellus. 2. Tarsi, middle, shielded ; sides, 

 scaly; as long as the middle toe ; middle claw entire. T.Reli^osa; T. 

 Macei ; T. Rubra ; T. Alba ; and 5. Those with the tarsi scaly ; as long 

 as the middle toe, and middle claw entire. 



