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grey ; the fore-head, breast, belly, and two outer tail- 

 feathers are white ; the legs are very long, slender, and 

 scarlet. 



6. CANTIANUS. KENTISH PLOVER. 



Ch. fuscus f route, collari abdomineque albis, vittd 

 per ocutos lateralibusgue pectoris nigris. Shaw. 



The bill is black ; the top of the head ferruginous- 

 brown, bounded on the fore-part with black ; the 

 forehead is white, which also passes over the eyes ; 

 from the bill through the eye is a black streak ; the 

 back and wings are pale brown ; quills dusky ; greater 

 coverts are tipped with white ; a white collar round 

 the neck ; beneath white, as are also the three outer 

 tail-feathers. 



Latham supposes it a var. of the winged plover. 



The female lays 3 or 5 olive eggs, spotted with 

 dusky brown. 



THICK-KNEED BUS- 



7. CEDICNEMUS. TARD, STONE CURLEW, 



(EDICNEMUS ! (OR COMMON THICK- 

 CREPITANS, SHAW. (KNEE NORFOLK PLO- 

 VER. 



Ch. griseo-fuscus, supra lineis lonyiludinalibus ni- 

 gricantibus, remigibus primoribus duabus nigris 

 medio albis. Shaw. 



The bill is yellow at the base, with a black tip ; 



