82 CEDICJSTEMIDJS. 



(Edicnemus senegalensis, Swains. 



CEdicnemus senegalensis, Baedeker, L. Brelim Sf A. Brehm, J. f. O. 1853 r 

 App. p. 117, taf. v. fig. 3 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 646 

 (1875-84) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. '78 (1887) ; 

 Sharpe t Cat. Birds B. M. 'xxiv. p. 10 (1896); id. Hand-l. i. p. 172 

 (1899) ; OffJhie Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 327. 



The eggs of Swainson's Stone-Curlew are smaller than those 

 of (E. cedicnemus, but do not otherwise differ. Three examples 

 measure respectively: 1-82 by 1-33; 1-87 by 1-3 ; 1'92 by 1'44. 



1. Ambukol, Soudan, 15th April Seebohm Coll. 



(Col W. Verner}. 



2. Famaka, Blue Nile, 7th May. H. Weld-Blundell, Esq., & 



Lord Lovat [P.]. 



(Edicnemus bistriatns ( W ayhr}. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



(Edicnemus?, Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314. 



CEdicnemus bistriatus, Oicen, Ibis, 1861, p. 68 ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr.. 



Charadriidce, p. 85 (1887) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 12 



(1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 172 (1899). 



The eggs of the Central- American Stone-Curlew are of quite the 

 same character as those of (E. cedicnemus, but they are much larger 

 and the markings are perhaps finer. Three examples measure re- 

 spectively : 2-25 by 1-6 ; 2'35 by 1-6 ; 2-31 by 1-58. 



1. Guatemala (R. Owen}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. San Geronimo, Guatemala, 5th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(R. O.} 

 1. Huanmchal, Guatemala. March Sahin-Godman Coll. 



(E. Arce). 



(Edicnemus capensis, Licht. 



(Edicnemus maculosus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ivii. fig. 3, a-k 



(1845-54) ; Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 457. 

 (Edicnemus capensis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 645 



(1875-84) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 81 (1887) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 15 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 172 



(1899). 



Of the five eggs of the South-African Stone-Curlew in the 

 Collection, four resemble those of (E. oedicnemus, but the fifth is 

 quite abnormal. It is densely covered with a mass, more or less 

 confluent, of narrow streaky blotches of purplish brown, very little 

 of the cream-coloured ground remaining visible. Pive examples 

 measure from 1-95 to 2*2 in length, and from T47 to 1'57 in, 

 breadth. 



1. Cape Colony (E. L. Layard}. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Cape Colony. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.l. 

 2. South Africa. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.j. 



