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OTHER VARIETIES OF THE PLOVER. 



The bird described by Elaine and others as the 

 Great Plover, is the Common Thick-knee ((Edicnemus 

 crepitans) ; a diminutive variety of which is mentioned by 

 Bewick and White under the name of the Long-legged 

 Plover, whose alliance to the bustard family is demon- 



THE LONG -LEGGED PLOVER. 



strated as well by its length of legs, as its resorting to 

 the same open and extensive plains as the latter, and 

 depositing not more than two eggs at a time. One 

 of its names being the Norfolk Plover, it is scarcely 

 needful to state, that it is found in that county rather 



