. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 410 CHARADEIID^ CALIDEIS Habits.—Andersson found the Curlew Sandpiper the commonest of all the migratory "Waders at Walvisch Bay and along the neigh- bouring coast, and states that if congregates in flocks, not infre- quently in company witlj the Little Stint and the Sanderling. Its flight is strong and swift, and its food consists of aquatic insects, small Crustacea and worms, which it obtains on the mud banks at the mouths of rivers and in similar situations. Genus V. CALIDRIS. Type. Calidris, Briss. Om. v, p. 226 (1760) C. arenaria. Bill moderate, ab
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 410 CHARADEIID^ CALIDEIS Habits.—Andersson found the Curlew Sandpiper the commonest of all the migratory "Waders at Walvisch Bay and along the neigh- bouring coast, and states that if congregates in flocks, not infre- quently in company witlj the Little Stint and the Sanderling. Its flight is strong and swift, and its food consists of aquatic insects, small Crustacea and worms, which it obtains on the mud banks at the mouths of rivers and in similar situations. Genus V. CALIDRIS. Type. Calidris, Briss. Om. v, p. 226 (1760) C. arenaria. Bill moderate, about equal to the tarsus, slender and flexible, almost straight; nostrils linear ovals in a depression extending nearly the whole length of the bill ; wings long, first primary longest; tail nearly square, but the two central tail-feathers pointed. Pig. 131.—Left foot of Calidris arenaria. x j and projecting slightly beyond the others ; tarsus transversely scutellated before and behind ; no hind toe ; anterior toes cleft to the base and without webs. This genus was formed for the reception for a single species, the Sanderling, which is found nearly all over the world; it is closely allied to the Stints but easily distinguished by the absence of the hind toe. 750. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. Tringa a,rensiria,, Linn. Sysf. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 251 (1766); Seebolim, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 431, with fig. (1888). Calidris arenaria, Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 272 [Natal]; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 332 (1867) ; Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 311 (1872); Shelley, This, 1875, p. 86; Dresser, B. Eur. viii, p. 101, pis. 559, 560. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R.
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