206 CURSORIID.E. 



(Edicnemus cedicnemus. Sto.ve-Curlew or 

 Thick-Knee. 



Gharadrius cedicnemus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, 



p. 151 : England. 



CEdionemus scolopax ( Q-mel.) ; B. O. TI. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 155 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 529. 

 Qildicnemus cedicnemus (Liiia.); Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 



1896, p. 4. 

 Distribution in the British Islands. — A Summer Visitor and 

 Partial Kesident, breeding in many of the southern and 

 eastern counties of England as far north as Yorkshire ; in 

 the rest of England and Wales it is a rare visitor. In south 

 Devonshire and Cornwall, and occasionally elsewhere, some 

 pass the winter. In Scotland it has occurred in Stirlingshire 

 and Fife as well as on Fair Isle, Shetlands, while in Ireland 

 ten have been recorded between autumn and spring. 



General THstrihulion. — The Stone-Curlew inhabits central 

 and southern Europe and central and south-western Asia, 

 extending southwards to the Mediterranean countries, the 

 Canary Islands, north Africa from Morocco to the Red sea, 

 Arabia, India, Ceylon, and Burma. It is partially migratory 

 in the northern parts of its range. Races have been recog- 

 niseil in the Canary Islands, north-west Africa, and Asia. 



Suborder CUBSOBII. 

 Family CURSORIID^. 

 Genus CURSORIUS Latham, Ihd. Orn. ii. 1790, p. 751. 

 Type: C. gallicus ((jvaQ\.). 

 Cursdrlus = pertaining to rimning ; cursor = a ninner. 



Cursorius gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser. 



Gharadrius gallicus GmeVm, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, 



p. 692 : France. 



Cursnvius gallicus {Giiieh); B. 0. U. List, Ist ed. 1SS;3, p. 150: 



