384 SANDERLIN G. Clafs II. 



VII. The SANDERrLING. 



Sanderling, or Curwillet. Wil. Maubeche grife. Brijfon a>6. 



orn. 303, V. 236. tab. 20. fig. 2. 



Ralifyn. a-v. 109. Charadrius CaUdris. Lin. Jyft* 

 Towillee. Borlafe hifi.Cornnual. 255. 



247. Br. Zoo/. 129. add. plates. 

 Calidris grifea miner, la petite 



W 7E have received this fpecies out of Lancqfhire % 

 but it is found in greater plenty on the Cornijh 

 Defer, fhores, where they fly in flocks. The fanderling 

 weighs little more than one ounce three quarters. 

 Its length is eight inches •, extent fiveteen. Its 

 body is of a more flender form than others of the 

 genus. The bill is an inch long, weak and black. 

 The head, and hind part of the neck are afh- 

 colored, marked with oblong black ftreaks ; the 

 back and (capillars are of a brownifh grey, edged 

 with dirty white ; the coverts of the wings, and 

 upper parts of the quil- feathers dufky : the whole 

 under fide of the body is white ; in fome (lightly 

 clouded with brown. The tail confifts of twelve 

 iharp pointed feathers of a deep afh-color j the legs 

 are black, 



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