82 CEDICNEMID^. 



(Edicnemus senegalensis, Swaivs. 



CEdicnemus senegalensis, Baedeler, L. Brehm S,- A. Brehm, J. f. O. 1853, 

 App. p. 117, taf. V. fig. 3 ; Sharpe, id. Luyurd, Birds S. Africa, p. 646 

 (1875-84) ; Seebohm, Geo(/r. Distr. Charadriidce, p. "78 (1887) ; 

 i>hnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 'xxiv. p. 10 (1896); id. Hand-l. i. p. 172 

 (1899) ; Of/ihie Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 327. 



The eggs of Swainson's Stone-Curlew are smaller than those 

 of (E. oedicnemus, but do not otherwise differ. Three examples 

 measure respectively: 1-82 by 1-33; 1-87 by 1-3 ; 1-92 by 1-44. 



1. Ambukol, Soudan, 15th Ajjril Seebohm Coll. 



{Col. W. Vemer). 



2. Famaka, IJlue Nile, 7th May. H. Weld-Blundell, Esq., & 



Lord Lovat [P.]. 



(Edicnemus bistriatus (WcN/ler). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



CEdicnenuis ?, Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314. 



(Edicnemus bistriatus, Otce7i, Ibis, 1861, p. 68; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr^ 



Charadriidce, p. 85 (1887) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 12 



(1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 172 (1899). 



The eggs of the Central-American Stone-Curlew are of quite the 

 same character as those of CE. cediaifmus. but they are much larger 

 and the markings are perhaps finer. Three examples measure re- 

 spectively : 2-25 by 1-6 ; 2-35 by 1-6 ; 2-31 by 1-58. 



1. Guatemala (R. Ojcen). Seebohm Coll. 



1. San Geronimo, Guatemala, 5th May Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



(It. O.) 

 1. IIuaniucLal, Guatemala, March Sahin-Godmau Coll. 



(K Arce). 



(Edicnemus capensis, Litlit. 



CEdicnemus maculosus, Thien. Fortpflanz. c/es. Vbg. tab. hii. fig. 3, a-fr 



(1845-54) ; Bartivff, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 457. 

 (Edicnemus capensis, Sharpe, ed. Layurd, Birds S. Africa, p. 645 



(1875-84); Seebohm, Geogr. Listr. Charadriidce, p. 81 (1887); 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 15 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 172 



(1899). 



Of the five eggs of the South-African Stone-Curlew in the 

 Collection, four resemble those of (E. (xdimemus, but the fifth is 

 quite abnormal. It is densely covered with a mass, more or less 

 confluent, of narrow streaky blotches of purplish brown, very little 

 of the cream-coloured ground remaining visible. Five examples- 

 measure frcm 1-95 to 2-2 in length, and fiom 1-47 to 1*57 in 

 breadth. 



1. Cape Colony (i'. i. Zoya/rf). Seebohm CoU. 



2. Cape Colony. E. L. Lavard, Esq. [?.].-' 

 2. South Africa. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.J. 



