to kifow the. Indian Waders.

The Sfniipe^feslled Godwit.

Jsffiv/'Oi'haKiphils semipalmat-tts, BLAN FORD, Faun.
Brit. Imi., Birds, Vol. IV, p. 257.

This bird com bines the bill of a Snipe, broadened at the

end, straight and sensitive, with the plumage of a Godwit,
drab in winter (with whitish edges to the feathers, and
dark streaks on the head and neck) and chiefly chestnut in
summer; the bill is black, lead-coloured at the base, and
the feet dark grey.

The length is rather over a foot, with the closed wing
seven inches, the bill about three, and the shank two.

This is a rare bird, breeding in some unknown locality
in Siberia : few specimens have been got anywhere, but
sonic of these have occurred in our Empire, always of
course in the winter. These have turned up both in
India and Burma, four even in the Calcutta Bazaar,
where, however, I never met with it myself.

The Sanderling.

Calidris arenaria. BLANFORD, Faun. Brit. Ind..

Birds, Vol. TV,'p. 270.

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The Sanderling has a straight bill and no hind toe, and
no webs between the base of the front ones. The drab of its
plumage is peculiarly light, the underparts white to the
chin, and the bill and feet black. In summer it is darker,
with some admixture of reddish. The length is seven-and-
a-half inches, the wing nearly five, the shank and bill about
one each.

This birds breeds in the Arctic regions, but out of the
breeding season is found nearly all over the world ; with