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Plates. — Gray^ Genera of Birds, iii. pi. cxlii. 

 Habits. — Legge, Birds of CeyloDj p. 974. 



Eggs. — Harting, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 455 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 579. 

 Indistinguishable from eggs of (E. grallarius. 



Literature. 



The Great Indian Stone-Curlew may always be recognized by its upturned bill ; the 

 line of the gape is recurved, so that the upper profile of the bill is nearly straight. 



It is a resident in India, Burma, and Ceylon, breeding in March and April on sand- 

 banks and rocky islets in the beds of rivers, and in Ceylon on the sea-shore. 



It is nearest related to (E. magnirostris, which, like it, has a short tarsus (not an inch 

 longer than the bill) and no pale edges to the feathers of the upper parts. 



Specific 

 characters. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



Nearest 

 . allies. 



, -. j>>?-^st:ai^ ^i..':';'!is? ! 



(Half natural size.) 



(EDICNEMUS MAGNIROSTRIS. 



AmmO-MALAYAK 8T0NE-CUBLEW. 



(Edicnemus loris nigris. 



Diagnosis. 



It is not known that the Austro-Malayan Stone-Curlew is subject to any variation Variations. 

 notwithstanding its wide range. 



