STONE-CURLEW. 



LIMICOLjE. 



225 



(EDlCNEMIDJi. 



(Edicnemus scolopax (S. G. Gmelin'"). 

 THE STONE-CURLEW, 



THICKNEE, OR NORFOLK PLOVER. 



(Edicnemus crepitans. 



(Edicnemus, Tcmminckf. — Beak stoul, strong, and straight, a little depressed 

 at the base ; ridge of the ujiper mandible elevated, under mandible with an 

 angle at the symphisis. Nostrils placed in the middle of the beak, extending 



* Charadrius scolopax, S. G. Gmelin, Reise Russland, iii. p. 87, pi. xvi. 

 (1774). 



t Manuel d'ornithologie, p. 322 (ISlf)). The name CEdiaiemust, from olbos 

 a swelling, and Kvrjfir] leg, was first applied by Pierre Bclon, ' L'hiscoire de 

 la nature des oyseaux," p. 240 (]iJo5). Temniinck adopted it as a generic tenn, 

 adding the specific designation crepitans, which is both inappropriate, and con- 

 siderably anted.ated by an excellent description and illustration. 



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