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ORDER I.IZMEICOI.JZ: . 



Palate schizognathous. Primaries eleven ; fifth secondary wanting ; after 

 shaft to the contour feathers present. 



FAMILY (EDICNEMID^E. 



Hind toe absent ; entirely reticulated tarsus ; nasals holorhinal. 



GENUS BURHINUS. Bill shorter than head ; apical portion swollen, 

 forming marked dertrum, arid apical curve of genys ascending gently. 



595. B. grallarillS, Lath. ((Edicnemus grallarius), Stone Plover (Land 



Curlew). 



General colour above ashy-grey ; the crown, neck, and mantle 

 streaked with blackish stripes, much more emphasized on back and 

 scapulars ; lower back and rump ashy-grey, streaked with blackish 

 shaft stripes ; lores, narrow eyebrow, and a spot below eye white ; 

 black and rufous line across the eye and ear coverts ; cheeks reddish- 

 brown. 



Total length, 20*5 in. ; culmen, 1'9 in. ; wing, 10'5 in. ; tail, 6 in. ; 

 tarsus, 4-6 in. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



GENUS ORTHORHAMPHUS. Bill as long as head ; culmen perfectly 

 straight ; angle of genys very abrupt, its distance from tip of lower 

 mandible about equal to distance from gape. 



596. Q. magnirostris, Vieill. (Esacus magnirostris), Large-billed Stone 



Plover. 



Above ashy-brown, with dusky shaft lines to feathers ; primaries 

 brownish- black, with white along inner web ; inner primaries pure 

 white. 



Total length, 19 in. ; culmen, 3 in. ; wing, 10'S in. ; tail, 4'3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 3 - 3 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



FAMILY CURSORIID^E. 



Nostrils schizorhinal ; tarsus transversely scaled in front. 



GENUS STILTIA. Tarsus very long, the outstretched feet far exceeding 

 tail ; the first primary produced far beyond second, and extremely 

 attenuated towards tip. 



597. S. Isabella, Vieill. (Glareola grallaria, Temm.), Pratincole. 



Upper surface and breast light rufous, with abdomen rich chestnut. 

 Female and young lighter, with brown spots on breast. 

 Total length, 9 in. ; culmen, 0'6 in. ; wing, S'3 in. ; tail, 2 '4 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '8 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 7, 8. 



GENUS GLAREOLA. Tarsus rather short, outstretched feet not reaching 

 beyond tail ; tail very strongly forked. 



598. G. orientalis. Leach, Oriental Pratincole. 



Upper surface olive ; throat white, with broken ring of black 

 beneath ; abdomen white. 



Young has throat rufous and striped. 



Male. Total length, 10 in. ; culmen, 0'6 in. ; wing, 7*3 in. ; tail, 

 3'1 in. ; tarsus, 1-2 in. 



Female. Total length, 8'7in. ; culmen, 0'7 in. ; wing, 7 in. ; tail, 

 2'8 in. ; tarsus, I'l in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 8. 



