Canaries and Nest, 



CALIDRIS (Illiger.) — * Sanderling, a genus thus characterised. 

 Bill of middle length, slender, straight, soft, flexible throughout ; com - 

 pressed from the base ; at the point depressed, flattened, and broader 

 than in the middle, the nasal groove being prolonged towards the point ; 

 nostrils at the sides slit lengthwise ; legs slender, three toes directed 

 forwards and almost entirely divided ; wings of middle size, the first 

 quill the longest. * 



CALL OF BIRDS. — *Is in most instances effected by the lungs 

 and larynx ; but some species of woodpecker, in the breeding season, 

 have a very extraordinary and peculiar call to each other, by strong 

 reiterated strokes of their bill against the dead sonorous branch of a 

 tree. These calls seem to be a species of song. * 



CALLOW. — A name for the Sarcelle. 



CAMBRIDGE GOD WIT. — A name for the Dusky Godwit. 

 CANADA GOOSE. — An erroneous name for the Bernacle Goose. 



