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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. 



Aloe mediocres. 



Beok medial,slender,straight, 

 the base compressed, to- 

 wards the tip dilated and 

 obtuse. 



Nostrils lateral. 



Feet slender, three-toed ; the 

 toes cleft. 



Wings medial. 



Arenaria, Temm.i Becks,, Cuvier, 

 Calidris. Briss., Leach, Vieill. 

 Tringa. Raii.y Linn., Gmel, 

 Charadrius. Linn., Gmel., Lath. 



There is but one species of this genus, which 

 was confounded by Linn6 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. 



