GREAT PLOVER. 155 



GREAT PLOVER. 



NORFOLK PLOVER. THICK-KNEED BUSTARD. 



STONE CURLEW. WHISTLING PLOVER. THICK-KNEE. 



COMMON THICK-KNEE. 



PLATE CXLIX. 



(Edicnemus crepitans, SELBY. JENYNS. 



(Edicnemus Bdlonii, FLEMING. 



Charadrius crepitans, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Charadrius cedicnemus, LINNAEUS. GMELIN. 



Otis cedicnemus, PENNANT. LATHAM. 



rjlHE 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 seven- 

 teen 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, assimi- 

 lating 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 



