CHAPTER X. 



Tail of (Edicnemus crepitans ; half natural size. 



Genus (EDICNEMUS. 



CharadriinjE tarso omnino reticulate : rectricibus mediis quam rectrices extern! valde longioribus 

 (25 millim. aut plus). 



Diagnosis. 



The Stone-Curlews form a remarkably compact genus of birds, very closely related to 

 each other, and well defined from all surrounding genera. They may be briefly diagnosed 

 as follows : — 



Charadriinas having the tarsus reticulated ; and the central feathers of the tail more Generic 

 than an inch longer than the outer ones. 



The latter character is a very artificial one. The tails of Charadrius vociferus, 

 C. tricollaris, and the two allies of the latter are proportionately as much graduated, 

 though their much smaller size reduces the amount of graduation to less than an inch. 



characters. 



