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(EDICNEMUS. 



Diagnosis. 



Synonymy. 



Literature. 



Specific 

 characters. 



(Half natural size.) 



(EDICNEMUS VERMICULATUS. 



VEBMICULATED STONE-CUBLEW. 

 CEdicnemus pectore striate : dorso transversim vermiculato. 



Variations. It is not known that examples of the Vermiculated Stone-Curlew from West Africa differ 

 in any respect from examples from South Africa. 



CEdicnemus naialensis. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 59 (1844, descript. null.). 

 CEdicnemus vermiculatuSj Cabanis, Journ. Orn. 1868, p. 413. 



Plates. — Cabanis, Decken's Reisen Ost-Africa, iii. pi. xvi. 



Habits. — Gumey, Ibis, 1873, p. 359 (erroneously called (E. senegalensis). 



Eggs. — Unknown. 



The Vermiculated Stone-Curlew is a very distinct species, and is easily diagnosed from 

 its congeners. No other species belonging to that section of the genus in which the 

 breast is conspicuously streaked has the feathers of the upper parts not only longitudinally 

 streaked with dark brown, but also finely vermiculated with transverse brown zigzag 

 marJcings, 



