10 (EDICNEMID^:. 



2. (Edicnemus senegalensis. 



CEdicneme du Senegal, Temm. Man. ii. p. 520 (1820). 



CEdicnemus senegalensis, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 228 (1837 : 

 Senegambia) ; Gray, List Grallee Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1844 : Gambia, 

 R. Quorra) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 535 (1844) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 

 p. 208 (1857 : Casamance ; Gaboon) ; Brehm, J.f. 0. 1857, p. 383; 

 Cassin, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 172 (Ogowe River ; Camma 

 River) ; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 268 (Bissao ; Galam) ; Hartm. 

 J.f. 0. 1864, p. 227 ; Qurney, Ibis, 1868. p. 254 (critical remarks); 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 9, no. 9940 (1871) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 145 ; id. $ Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 292 (Gold Coast) ; Pelz. 

 Verhandl. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxi. p. 616 (1881 : Lado) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. pp. 216, 274 (1884: Shoa) ; Hartert, 

 J.f. O. 1886, p. 609 (Loko) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 367 (1886: Tus- 

 cany); Salvad. Elench. Ucc. Ital. p. 206 (1886); Seeb. Geogr. 

 Distr. Charadr. p. 78 (1888) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 48 (Lado) ; 

 Gigl. Avif. Ital. i. Resoc. p. 564 (1889), ii. p. 656 (1890) ; Heine $ 

 Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein., Orn. p. 333 (1890 : Abyssinia). 



CEdicnemus crepitans (nee T.), Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 220 (Kor- 

 dofan). 



CEdicnemus assimilis, Bddeker, J. f. O. 1853, Suppl. p. 117 (ex 

 Brehm, MSS.), pi. v. fig. 3 (egg). 



CEdicnemus crepitans, pt., Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 20 

 (1865 : Abyssinia ; Senegambia) ; Blanf. Geol. fy Zool. Abyss. 

 p. 428 (1870: Massowa); Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 294 (1870: 

 Amba ; Zoulla) ; id. 8f Hartl. Tog. Ostafr. p. 619 (1870). 



CEdicnemus inornatus, Salvad. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 381 

 (1866) ; Finsch $■ Hartl. Vug. Ostafr. pp. 621, 872 (1870) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 10, no. 9944 (1871) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 

 Abth. i. p. 989, App. p. clxxix (1873) ; Hartl. Abhandh. nat, 

 Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 120 (1881 : Lado). 



CEdicnemus crepitans senegalensis, Heugl. in Peterm. Mitth. 1869, 

 p. 415. 



CEdicnemus scolopax, pt., Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 390 (1882: 

 Khartoum). 



CEdicnemus vermiculatus (nee Cab.), Biittik. Notes Ley den Mus. vii. 

 p. 232 (1885 : W. Liberia). 



Adult. Similar to (E. oedicnemus, but distinguished by the absence 

 of the white band across the line of the median wing-coverts, the 

 latter being grey like the greater coverts with distinct black shaft- 

 lines ; the greater coverts with a black subterminal bar, a white 

 ending being occasionally present : " bill black, the base, eyebrows, 

 and feet pale yellowish green ; iris yellow " (J. Buttil-ofer). Total 

 length 14 inches, culmen 1-65, wing S - 5, tail 3-9, tarsus 2-95. 



The connection between OH. senegalensis and OH. vermiculatus is 

 much closer than I supposed, for on more than one specimen of 

 01. senegalensis traces of vermiculations are apparent, and even in 

 two specimens there is a faint indication of a white wing-bar. 

 One of these slightly vermiculated birds is from the Quorra River, 

 and the others are from Accra. Of course these slight vermicu- 

 lations, and even the white on the wing-bar, might be caused by the 

 abrasion and bleaching of the feathers. 



