. Cassell's natural history . lowing the receding waves, and wading up to the belly in thereturning waters, I found in them small shrimps and other Crustacea. They are wellknown in America, and have been brought from Asia and Africa. ^lajor Sabine, in the Appendix to Sir Edward Parrys First Aictic Voyage, says: The Sanderling breeds in considerable numbers on the North Georgian Islands ; severalpairs were killed at diflerent periods of the breeding season, the males and females ofwhich were invariablj found to differ in their plumage ; tlie general colour of the femalebeing lighter, and having
. Cassell's natural history . lowing the receding waves, and wading up to the belly in thereturning waters, I found in them small shrimps and other Crustacea. They are wellknown in America, and have been brought from Asia and Africa. ^lajor Sabine, in the Appendix to Sir Edward Parrys First Aictic Voyage, says: The Sanderling breeds in considerable numbers on the North Georgian Islands ; severalpairs were killed at diflerent periods of the breeding season, the males and females ofwhich were invariablj found to differ in their plumage ; tlie general colour of the femalebeing lighter, and having more cinereous and less of black and reddish marking thanthat of the male ; this is especially the case on the chin, throat, and fore-part of theneck ; which may be described in the female as white, with a very slight sprinkling ofdark spots, and scai-cely anj- appearance of red ; whereas, in the male, the dark coloursgreatly predominate. tharailrius Caliari^.—Ptiin. 2 jr 2 >*ATAT()lUvS. UUUER \I.—THE SWIMMING \Ve now arrive at the last Order, containing the birds whose liabits are decidedlyaquatii, and whose structure has obtained for thenr the name of A^ater-Fowh Their feetindicate their true character.
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