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CEDICKEMTJS. 



Specific 

 characters. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



The Peruvian Stone-Curlew is one of tlie aberrant species which possess the 

 conspicuous character of having a broad black stripe over each eye, a feature which in this 

 genus appears to be always correlated with the absence of conspicuous streaks on the 

 breast. Prom the other (three) species belonging to this section it may be distinguished 

 either by its smaller size (wing from carpal joint less than 9 inches) or by the markings on 

 the feathers of the bach, which have not only a dark shaft-streak, but are also transversely 

 barred or vermiculated. It has also no trace of a white bar across the wing-coverts, a 

 feature found in all other species of the genus except in (E. bistriatus, (E. senegalensis, and 



(E. capensis. 



It is only known from the coast-region of Peru. 



af^ "^-^-z 



(Half natural size.) 



(EDICNEMUS RECURVIROSTRIS. 



GREAT INDIAN STONE-CURLEW. 



Diagnosis. GJdicnemus maxilla, recurvat^. 



Variations. Theke seems to be no difference between Indian and Ceylonese examples. 



Synonymy. CEdicnemus recurvirostris, Cuvier, Regne An. i. p. 500 (1829). 



Esacus recurvirostris (^Cuvier), Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 547 (1831), 

 Carvanaca griseus, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. p. 776 (1836). 



