250 GRALLATORES. (EDICNEMUS. THICK-KNEE. 



of Charadrius. It possesses, however, characters sufficient- 

 ly prominent and distinct to warrant its separation from 

 both ; and which necessity is further shewn by the recent 

 discovery of several other species, all possessing the typical 

 characters of the Common Thick-knee. To the Plovers it 

 is allied by the structure of its bill, by its large and rounded 

 head, and the general contour of the body ; to the Bustards 

 by the form of its feet, and the shortness of its toes. Its ha- 

 bits are also more assimilated to the latter group, and, like 

 them, it lays but two eggs. The species reside on unculti- 

 vated open countries and dry deserts, feeding upon insects, 

 worms, small mammalia, and reptiles. Their moult appears 

 to be simple, and there is but little difference between the 

 sexes in plumage and general appearance. 



COMMON THICK-KNEE. 



(EDICNEMUS CREPITANS, Temm. 

 PLATE XL. 



(Edicnemus crepitans, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 521. Shaw's Zool. 11. 



459. pi. 33. 



(Edicnemus Bellonii, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 114. sp. 166. 

 Charadrius (Edicnemus, Linn. Syst. 1. 255. 10 Gmel Syst. 1. 689 Wag- 



ler, Syst. Av. sp. 1. 



Otis (Edicnemus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 661. sp. 11. 

 Pluvialis major, (Edicnemus vulgo dicta, Rail Syn. 108. A. 6 Will. 227. 



tab. 58 Brisson, Orn. 5. 76. 12. t. ?. f. I. 

 Fedoa nostra tertia, Raii Syn. 105. A. 6 Will. 216. 

 Le Grand Pluvier, ou Courlis de Terre, Buff. Ois. 8. 105. pi. 7 Id. PL 



Enl. 919. 

 (Edicneme Criard, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 521 Lesson, Man. d'Ornith. 



2. 336. 

 Lerchengraue Hegenpfeifer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 387. Meyer, Tass- 



chenb. Deut. 2. 317. 

 Stone Curlew, Albinos Br. Birds, 1. pi. 69 Will. (Angl.) 306 Rennie's 



Mont. Orn. Diet. p. 500. 

 Thick-kneed Bustard, Penn. Br. Zool. 1. No. 200 White's Hist. Selb. 



4to. 43. 88 Lath. Syn. 4. 806. 9 Lewirfs Br. Birds, 4. pi. 141 Mont. 



Ornith. Diet. 1. Id. sup. 



Great Plover, Bewick's Br. Birds, ed. 1826. 1. p. t. 363. 

 Common Thick-knee, Leach, Cat. Br. Mus. p. 28. Steph. Shaw's Zool. 



11. 459.pl. 33. 



PROviNCiALNorfolk Plover. 



