BIRDS SCOLOPACIDAE— CALIDRIS ARENARIA. 723 
List of specimens. 
Catal. number. 
Locality. 
When collected. Whence obtained. 
3451 
4869 
5442 
8800 
New York - 
1846 S. F. Baird 
Omaha City 
Lieutenant Warren . . 
.do 
Fort Kearney to Laramie 
August, 1857 : Dr. Cooper 
CALIDRIS, Cuvier. 
Calidris, Cuvier, Anat. Comp. V, in chart, 1805. Type Tringa arenaria, L. 
Ch General characters of Tringa, but without hind toe. Bill straight, rather longer than the head and tarsus, widened 
somewhat or spoon-shaped at the end. Tail doubly emarginate. Toes short ; middle one scarcely two-thirds the tarsus. 
CALIDRIS ARENARIA, Illiger. 
Sanderliug. 
Tringa arenaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 251.— Aud. Orn. Biog.— Ib. Birds Amer, V, 1842, 287; pi. 338. 
Calidris arenaria, Illiger, Prod. 1811, 24!).— Sw. F. B. Am. II, 366.— Nott. Man. II, 1834, 4. 
Gharadrius calidris, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 255.— Wils. Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 63; pi. lix. 
Charadrius rubidus, Gm. I, 1783, 683.— Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 129; pi. lxiii. 
Tringa tridadyla, Pallas, Zoog. II, 1811, 198. 
Calidris tringoides, Vieillot, Gal. II, 1825, 95. 
Calidris americana, Brehm, Vogel Deutschl. 1831, 675. — Ib. Naumannia, I, 1850, 69. 
Figures.— Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, pi. 59, fig. 4, pi. 63, fig. 3.— Aud. B. of Am. pi. 230; oct. ed. V, pi, 338. 
Sp. Ch. — No hind toe; front toes moderate or rather long, flattened underneath; distinctly margined with a membrane. Bill 
rather longer than the head, straight, rather thick; ridge of upper mandible flattened ; nasal groove deep and nearly as long as 
the upper mandible, not so distinct in the lower ; both mandibles widened and flattened at the tip ; aperture of the nostril large 
and covered with a membrane. Wing long ; tail short, with the middle feathers longest ; under coverts long as the tail ; legs 
moderate ; lower third of the tibia naked. Upper parts light ashy, with lanceolate, hastate, and ovate spots of brownish black 
on the top of the head, on the back, scapulars, anil shorter quills; rump and upper tail coverts with fine transverse lines of black. 
Under parts pure white. Shoulders brownish black, without spots; quills brownish black with their shafts white and much paler 
on their inner webs ; greater wiug coverts widely tipped with white ; middle feathers of the tail ashy brown, edged with white ; 
outer feathers paler; bill and legs greenish black. Sexes alike. 
In spring plumage the head, neck, and breast are tinged with pale yellowish red and spotted with dark brown; back and 
scapulars edged and tipped with yellowish red; rump and upper tail coverts ashy brown; under parts of the body pure white. 
Total length, 7| to 8 inches ; wing, 5 ; tail, 2 ; bill about 1 inch ; tarsus about 1 inch. 
Hub. — Entire temperate regions of North America, South America, Europe. 
An abundant species on both, the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the republic, and extending 
its range in winter into South America. We can find no reliable distinction between the 
American and the European bird, though specimens differ quite materially in size and length 
of bill. 
