338 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



Salisbury Plain, and similar localities in Eno^land, bub 

 which, unfortunately, has long disappeared, and like its 

 European congener, will, according to appearance, soon be 

 as rare in its native haunts as the latter has become, for it 

 is a conspicuous-looking bird, and, though capable of strong 

 flight, rarely uses its wings, so that it falls an easy prey to 

 man and dog. 



Family — Otidcc. 



Genus — Eupodotis. E. ausiralis. Australian Bustard. 



THE CURLEWS. 



The Australian Tiiicknee, or Thick Kxee, does not 

 materially differ from its European namesake, and, pro- 

 bably, relative, so it will not be necessary to do more 

 than name it. 



Fam i ly — Gidicticniidcv. 



Genus — (Edicncmus. CE. srt'dUi^^'iiis. 



THE PLOVERS 



Call for no ver}' extended remarks ; the former is by no 

 means unlike its British namesake, and the latter is re- 

 markable chiefly for the small appendages that ornament, 

 or disfigure, according to the taste of the beholder, the sides 

 of its neck. 



Family — Charadriidcc. 



Genus — L SarciopJiorus. S. pcctoralis. Black-breasted 



Peewit. 

 2. Lobivandlus, L. lobatus. Wattled 



Peewit. 



