490 
COMMON SANDERLING, 
(Arenaria vulgaris.) 
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Ar. rostro pedihiisqne nigris,loris uropygioque siihgriseis, corpora 
subtus albo inimaculato, remigibus prhnoribus scapis candidis. 
Sanderling with the beak and feet black ; the lores and rump 
greyish j the body beneath pure white ; the shafts of the pri- 
mary quills white. 
Arenaria vulgaris. Becks. 4. 368. — Temm. Man. d'Orni. 334. 
Calidris arenaria. Leach. Cat. Mus. Brit. p. 28. 
Tringa arenaria. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 255. 9. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 060. — Raii. Syn. 109 . a* H- 
Charadrius Calidris. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 251. I6. young. — 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. OS9. young. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 741. 4. 
young. 
Charadrius rubidus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 6S8. summer plumage. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 740. 2. summer plumage. 
Calidris grisea minor. Briss. Orn. 5. 236^ 17. pi. 20. 2. 
Le Sanderling. Buff. Ois. 7. 532. 
Sanderling variable. Temm. Man. d'Orni. 334. 
Ruddy Plover. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 404. young. Lath. Gen. 
Syn. 5. 195. 2. — Wills. Arner. Orn. 7. 129» pi- Ixiii.yi 3. young. 
Sanderling or Curwillet. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 212. pi. 73. — 
Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 403. — Alb. Birds. 2. pi. 74. — Lath. Gen. 
Syn. 5. 197- — Lath. Syn. Sup. 253. — Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 315. 
— Letvin. Brit. Birds. 5. pi. 183. — Wale. Syn. 2. pi. I60. — 
Pult. Cat. Dors. p). 16. — Beud. Brit. Birds. 2. p. 1. — Mont. 
Orn. Diet. 2. — Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. — Linn. Tra?is. 8. 268. — 
Wills. Amer. Orn. 7. 68. pi. Iix._/i4. 
Length eight inches : the whole of the upper 
parts of the body and sides of the neck are of a 
greyish white, with the middle of each feather 
deeper ; the face, throat, fore-part of the neck, 
