<EDICNEMUS. 



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^ Aberrant Stone- Curlews, with conspicuous black eye-stripes; but with scarcely 



perceptible streaks on the breast. 



(Half natural size.) 



(EDICNEMUS BISTRIATUS. 



CENTRAL- AMEBIC AN 8T0NE-CUBLEW. 

 CEdicnemus pectore vix striato : dorso striato sed non fasciato : regionibus paroticis pallescentibus. Diagnosis. 



It is not known that this species is subject to any variations (except those attributable to Variations, 

 age and season) on the American continent ; but examples from the island of St. Domingo 

 are regarded as subspecifically distinct on account of their smaller size. 



Charadrius bistriatus, Wagler, Ms, 1829j p. 648. 

 CEdicnemus vocifer, L'Herminier, Mag. de Zool. 1837^ pi. 84. 

 CEdicnemus americanus, Swainson, Anim. Menag. p. 349 (1838). 

 CEdicnemus bistriatus (Wagler), Gray, Genera of Birds, iii. p. 535 (1844). 

 QEdicnemus mexicanusj Licht.fide Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, iv. p. 19 (1865). 



Synonymy. 



Plates.— L'Herminier, Mag. de Zool. 1837, pi. 84. 



Habits. — Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314. Described as similar to tbose o£ the European Stone- 

 Curlew. The bird lives on the prairies. 



Eggs. — Owen, Ibis, 1861, p. 68. Are exactly Hke finely-marked eggs of (E. crepitans, but 

 larger (2-3 x 1-6 inch). 



Literature. 



