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Order LIMICOL.E. 

 Family CEDICNEMID^. 



CEdicnemus grallarius. 



SOUTHKRN STONK-PI-OVKR. 

 Cliaratlrius i/raUariiis, Lath., Ind. Orn. Suppl., Vol. II., p. Ixvi. (IS(ll). 



'Eilirii/'inus yralhirins, iio\x\A, Bds. Austr., fol. Vol. V., pi. 5 (18tS); id., Handbk. Bcls. Austr., 

 Vol. II., p. •J10(18Gr)). 



JJur/uuHs !/ri(JI((>-his, Sliarpe, Cat. Bd.s. Brit. iMu.s., V^ol. X.\l V., p. IS (IS'JG); id, Hand-!. 

 lJd.s., Vol. I., p. 173 (1S09). 

 Adult M.\r,K. — Vrotm of tlii> Iwad, hiiidneck, maiille, back, r-iimji K.nd dipper tail-coverts ashij- 

 gri'y, each fi'ath.er ItaviiKj a blackish, s/iaft strrak, the ends of the fentJiers on the sides of the maiitle 

 largely tipped loith black, and meeting i>t the centre form a V-sliape on the Ciiilre of the tipper back, 

 those at the sides being also broadly margined ivith bnfi' ; lesser dipper nnng-corerts brown centred ivith 

 black, anil hailing tawny edges ; the median corerts tv/iife tinged with biiff, and hacing a stripe of 

 black down the centre, the greater coverts and secondaries grey anti similarly streaked toith black doivn, 

 the centre, the onter ivebs of the outer secondaries snbinarginally rdijid irilli an iiidi.fftnrt blackish 

 line next a broad tohilisli border ; primaries blackish-bro/vn, the Jonr outer ones crossed on the apical 

 portion loith a broad nthite band ; tail-feathers grey ivitli a bronniish iras/i, particnlarly on their onter 

 ivrbs, and irreijnlarly barred across tvith blackish -hron-n, llu- lateral featlurs liaring a a-li ite snbtmninul 

 band broadly tijiped with black ; base of forehead, lores, a superciliary stripe and featliers immediately 

 beloiv the eye white : a band in front and below the eye and e.ctending tlirongh the ear-coverts black, 

 passing into blackish brmvn on the sides of the neck ; centres of the feathers at the base of the lower 

 mandible and extending belo^v the cheeks on to the Imver portion of tlir ear-coverts blackish ; chin and 

 throat pnre white ; remainder of the nnder surface ivhite, the feathers on tlie fore-neck ivashed n-ith buff 

 and streaked ivitli black down the centre, these central streaks being broader on t/ie tipper breast and 

 tiarroiver again on the sides of the body: centre of lon-er breast and abdomen tchite : iind''r tail- 

 coverts pale eitin,ainon-bnff, the vent and loiver /lank-feathers slightly tras/ied with pale cinnamon bnjf; 

 in some specimetis these parts are almost pure ivhite : bill black ,■ legs and feel yellouHsh-olive ; iris 

 yi-llow. Total length in the flesh 20 5 inches, tving KhT'i, lailo-i'i, bill J li, tarsns .^S. 



Adui.'I' fkm.\li",. — Similar in pinmage to the male. 



Distribntion. — North-western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, 

 Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia. 

 TCs^NLIKEthe Order I'ulicaria', of which all its members are either found breeding in 



V f .Xustralia or Tasmania, less than half of the species of the (Jrder Limicohe inhabiting 



these parts breed within its limits. Many of them are regular visitors to our shores, breeding 

 elsewhere and coming to winter in Australia; others, like Chayadi'iiis vci-cdus, are irregular in 

 their appearance, while some are extremely rare or like the Sanderling (Calidris ayenavia) may 

 be looked upon as a straggler. 



Probably no species of the present Order is more widely known throughout .Australia than 

 the Southern StoneT^lover or Thick-knee. To many it is erroneously known under the local 

 name of "Curlew," from its notes. Care, therefore, must be taken by those unacquainted with 

 the species — more especially in country districts — not to confound it with the true Curlew 



