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rest of the genus. Several individuals have been 
killed within the last few years on the Sussex coast, 
where it appears to be an annual visitant, although 
it is sparingly met with. It is said to be less fre- 
quently seen on the sea-coast than on the banks of 
rivers, a circumstance by which, as well as by the 
smallness of its size, it is distinguished from the 
Ringed Plover. In the breeding season it lays on 
the ground four eggs, which are somewhat more 
than an inch long, and of a pale greyish yellow, 
dotted with blackish brown and bluish grey spots. 
PLOVER, NORFOLK GREAT PLOVER. 
THICK-KNEE STONE CURLEW. 
(EDICNEMUS CREPITANS, Zemm. 
This bird is a regular summer visitant to some 
of the eastern counties of England, especially Nor- 
folk, Suffolk, Sussex, and Yorkshire, arriving in 
the beginning of May, and departing in September. 
It frequents open tracts, feeds on insects, worms, 
and reptiles, runs with great rapidity, is partially 
nocturnal, has a rapid flight, and emits a loud 
shrill cry. As this species makes no nest, the 
female lays two or three eggs on the bare ground, 
sheltered by a stone, or in a small hole formed in 
the sand. The eggs are of a dirty white hue, 
marked with spots of a deep reddish colour, mixed 
