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Mr. Kumlien speaks of this species as not uncommon in North Greenland. Eggs 
were procured at Christianshaab, Greenland, through the kindness of Governor 
Fencker. It was not observed on any part of Cumberland visited by Mr. Kumlien. 
Of these two eggs taken in North Greenland, one measured 1.52 inches in length by 
1.05 in breadth. Its ground-color is drab, with a distinct shade of olive, and it is 
thickly marked with blotches of two shades of umber-brown, one quite light, the 
other much darker ; these are most numerous on and around the larger end, and are 
in a somewhat longitudinal direction, with a tendency also to a spiral course. There 
are also a few spots of a very dark, almost black, color on the larger end. 
The other egg measured 1.47 by 1.04 inches, being of a much more pyriform 
shape. Its ground-color is a very light greenish drab, with rather sparse markings 
of a deep umber. These are larger and more confluent about the greater end of the 
egg, where they are chiefly disposed in a circular ring; but are sparsely distributed 
over the rest of the surface. About the larger end are a few very dark markings. 
Genus CALIDRIS, Cuviek. 
Calidris, Cuvier, Anat. Comp. V. (in chart), 1805 (type, Tringa armaria, Linn.). 
Char. General characters of Tringa and Actodromas, hut hind toe entirely absent. Bill 
straight, rather longer than the head, slightly expanded or spoon-shaped at end. Toes short, 
the middle one scarcely two-thirds the tarsus. 
The only known species of this genus is nearly cosmopolitan in its range. 
Calidris arenaria. 
THE SANDERLING. 
Tringa arenaria, Linn. S. N. 1. 1766, 251. — Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 231 ; Synop. 1839, 237; 
B. Am. Y. 1842, 287, pi. 338. 
Calidris arenaria, Illig. Prodr. 1811, 249. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 366. — Nutt. Man. 
II. 1834, 4. — Cass, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 723. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 534. — 
Coues, Key, 1872, 257, fig. 167 ; Check List, 1873, no. 427 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 627 ; Birds N. W. 
1874, 492. — Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 542. 
Charadrius calidris, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 255. — Wilson, Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 68, pi. 59, fig. 4. 
Charadrius rubi.dus, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 688. — Wils. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 129, pi. 58, fig. 3. 
Arenaria vulgaris, Bechst. Tasch. Deutschl. II. 462. 
Arenaria grisea, Brehm, Yog. Deutschl. 674. 
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