Class IL T H I C K-K NEED. 



lines. The quil feathers black at their ends, white 

 at their bottoms -, the white predominating to the 

 fecondaries, which are quite white. The breaft-, 

 belly, and thighs white. The middle feathers of 

 the tail, tawny barred with black : the reft white. 

 Legs cinereous. 



The neck of the female agrees in colors with the 

 back : in other refpeds the marks pretty nearly 

 agree. 



They inhabit open countries; feed on grain, 

 feeds, and infedts. 



287 



Norfolk Plover. Br. Zool IL 



Un Oftardeau, Oedicnemus. 



Belon av, 239. 

 Charadrius (Triel vel Grid). 



Gefner av. 256. 

 The Stone Curlew, ff'il. orn, 



306. 

 Rail fyn. av, 108. 



Le grand Pluvier, Courly de 



terre. Brijfon av. V. ']6. 



Tab. -J. fig. I. 

 Charadrius oedicnemus. Lin. 



fyft. 255. 

 Br. Zool. 127. 

 Kervari. Hajfelquijl It in. 210? 



Engl. Ed. 200. 



100. Thick- 

 kneed. 



THE weight of this fpecies is eighteen ounces. Descrj 

 The length to the tail eighteen inches : the 

 breadth thirty fix. The head is remarkably round: 

 the fpace beneath the eyes is bare of feathers, 

 and of a yellowifh green : the irides yellow : the 

 feathers of the head, neck, back, and fcapulars, 

 and coverts of the wings are black, edged deeply 

 with pale reddiih brown : the belly and thighs are 



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