250 GRALLATORES. CEDICNEMUS. Tuick-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. 
CQ2pIcNEMUS CREPITANS, Temm. 
PLATE XL. 
(Edicnemus crepitans, Temm. Man. d’Ormith. 2. 521.—Shaw’s Zool. 11. 
459. pl. 33. 
CEdicnemus Bellonii, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 114. sp. 166. 
Charadrius Gidicnemus, Linn. Syst. 1. 255. 10.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 689.— Wag- 
ler, Syst. Av. sp. 1. 
Otis @dicnemus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 661. sp. 11. 
Pluvialis major, @dicnemus vulgo dicta, Raii Syn. 108. A. 6.— Will. 227. 
tab. 58.—Brisson, Orn. 5. 76. 12. t. 7. f. 1. 
Fedoa nostra tertia, Raii Syn. 105. A. 6.— Will. 216. 
Le Grand Pluvier, ou Courlis de Terre, Buff: Ois. 8. 105. pL 7.—Id. Pl. 
Enl. 919. 
(Edicneme Criard, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 521.—Lesson, Man. d’Ornith. 
2. 336. 
Lerchengraue Regenpfeifer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 387.—Meyer, Tass- 
chenb. Deut. 2. 317. 
Stone Curlew, Albin’s Br. Birds, 1. pl. 69.—Will. (Angl.) 306.—Rennie’s 
Mont. Orn. Dict. p. 500. 
Thick-kneed Bustard, Penn. Br. Zool. 1. No. 200.—White’s Hist. Selb. 
4to. 43. 88.—Lath. Syn. 4. 806. 9.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 4. pl. 141.—Mont. 
Ornith. Dict. 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. 
Provincrat—Norfolk Plover. 
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