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CEDICNEMUS. 



*^* Typical Stone-Curlews, without black eye-strii^es ; but with breasts conspicuously 



streaked. 





(E. cajpensis. 



Longest tertials of 

 CE. crepitans. 



(E. vermiculatus. 



Diagnosis. 



CEDICNEMUS CREPITANS. 



EUROPEAN STONE-CURLEW. 



CEDICNEMUS pectore striato : fascia pallida^ fasci^que brunnea inter tectrices minores et majores : 

 tectricibus majoribus albo terminatis. 



Variations. This species varies in size, and in the number of primaries which have white spots on 



