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THICK-KNEED BUSTARD. Class II. 



Female. 



at their ends, white at their bottoms ; the white 

 predominating to the secondaries, which are 

 quite white; the breast, belly, and thighs, white; 

 the middle feathers of the tail, tawny barred 

 with black ; the rest white ; legs cinereous. 



The neck of the female agrees in colors with 

 the back : in other respects the marks pretty 

 nearly agree. 



It inhabits open countries ; feeds on grain, 

 seeds, and insects. - ■ 



5. Thick- Otis. Qi^dicnemus, O. grisea, 

 KNEED. remigibus primoribus dua- 



bus nigris medio albis, ros- 



tro acuto, pedibus cinereis. 



Lath. Ind. orn. 06 1. id. 



Syn. iv. 806. 

 Un Ostardeau, Qidicnemus. 



Bclo-a. av. 239, 

 Charadrius (Triel vel Grid). 



Gesner av. 256. 

 The Stone Curlew. Wil. orn. 



306. 



Rail Syn. av. 108. - ' 



Le grand Pluvler, Courly de 



terre. Brisson av. v. 76. 



Tah. 1. fig. 1. Hist, d'ois. 



viii. 105. Pl.Enl. ^\g. 

 Charadrius CEdicnemus. Gm. 



Lin. 689. 

 Kervari. Hassdquist Itin. 210? 



Engl. Ed. 200. 

 Norfolk Plover. Br. Zool. ii. 



378. Br. Zool.fol. 127. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



X HE weight of this species is eighteen ounces. 

 The length to the tail eighteen inches : the 

 breadth thirty-six. The head is remarkably 

 round ; the space beneath the eyes is bare of 

 feathers, and of a yellow ish green ; the irides 

 yellow ; the feathers of the head, neck, back, 



