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ARENARIA. SANDERLING. 
Generic Character. 
Rostrum mediocre, gracile, 
rectum, basi compressum, 
ad apicem dilatatum ob- 
tusum. 
Nares laterales. 
Pedes graciles, tridactyli ; di- 
giti fissi. 
Alee mediocres. 
Beak medial,slender,straight, 
the base compressed, to- 
wards the tip dilated and 
obtuse. 
Nostrils lateral. 
Feet slender, three-toed ; the 
toes cleft. 
Wings medial. 
Akenaria. Temm., Becks. ^ Cuvier. 
Calidris. Briss.f Leach^ Vieill. 
Tringa. Raii.y Linn., Gmel. 
Charadrius. Linn., Gmel., Lath. 
There is but one species of this genus, which 
was confounded by Linnd with Tringa ; but its 
characters are evidently dissimilar, as are also its 
manners : it breeds towards the north, emigrating 
in small flocks on the sea shore : it lives on marine 
worms, &c. 
