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GREAT PLOVER. 



NORFOLK PLOVER. THICK-KNEED BUSTARD. STONE CURLEW. 

 WHISTLING PLOVER. STONE PLOVER. THICK-KNEE. COMMON THICK-KNEE. 



PLATE CXLIX. 



(Ed ic ne in us erepittnUf SELBT. JENYNS. 



CEdiciie/uus 2tellonii, FLEMING. 



Charadrius crepitang, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Charadrius oedicnemus, LINN.EUS. GMELIN. 



Otis cedicnemus, PENNANT. LATHAM. 



THE bare earth is the nest, among weather-worn stones. The male 

 appears to sit as well as the female, the time of incubation being sixteen 

 or seventeen days. The young are led about by the female almost as 

 soon as hatched, that is to say, on the day following their birth: at 

 first the old birds take great care of them. 



The eggs are pale brown, blotted, spotted, and streaked with greyish 

 blue and dark brown, assimilating closely in appearance to the grey 

 flints that surround them, thus being very difficult to detect. They are 

 generally two in number, but sometimes, it is said, three; the third 

 being for the most part not hatched. They vary in size and colour, 

 some being a dull yellow, and the spots much less clearly defined than 

 in others. 



One is of a brownish grey yellow, with large marks of dark greenish 

 brown, and a few spots of the same, as well as with some specks of 

 a lighter colour. 



A second is of a light greyish, marked with some yellow marks, 

 some spots of the same, and some bluish spots all over. 



