STONE-CURLEW. 



LIMICOL^E. 



225 



(EV1CNEMID&. 



(EDICNEMUS SCOLOPAX (S. G. Gmelin*). 

 THE STONE-CUKLEW, 



THICKNEE, OR NOBFOLK PLOVER. 



(Edicnemus crepitans. 



(EDICNEMUS, Temmindft. Beak stout, strong, and straight, a little depressed 

 at the base ; ridge of the upper mandible elevated, under mandible with an 

 angle at the symphisis. Nostrils placed in the middle of the beak, extending 



* Charadrim scolopax, S. G. Gmelin, Reise Russland, iii. p. 87, pi. xvi 

 (1774). 



t Manuel d'ornithologie, p. 322 (1815). The name (Edicnemus, from oldos 

 a swelling, and nv^rj leg, was first applied by Pierre Belon, ' L'bistoire de 

 la nature des ojseaux,' p. 240 (1555). Temminck adopted it as a generic term, 

 adding the specific designation crepitans, which is both inappropriate, and con- 

 siderably antedated by an excellent description and illustration. 



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