ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE PLOVERS, SNIPES, AND IMMEDIATE ALLIES
Sanderling
Quite closely related to the last genus, but lacking the hind toe, is the little Sanderling (Calidris leucophaa), the sole representative of its genus. It is rusty, spotted with blackish above and white below, though there is considerable variety in the plumage at Fia ^ _ Sanderling) CaHdris leucopkaa. different seasons; it is seven or eight
inches in length. It breeds in the Arctic regions, but during the remainder of the year it wanders far and wide along the coasts, reaching the extremity of South America, Africa, and even Australia, and the Marshall Islands.
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