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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 

 Einged 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. 



PLOYER, NORFOLK GREAT PLOVER. 



THICK-KNEE STONE CURLEW. 

 (EDICNEMTJS CREPITANS, Temm. 



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 



