THE EED-KNEED DOTTREL 



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Nest usually a depression in seaweed or other dead vegeta- 

 tion on the rocks. The two eggs are greyish-stone, marked Avith 

 numerous dark-brown blotches, very similar to those of the 

 preceding species, and measure about 2.70 x 1.71 inch. 



Sub-family LohivanellincE. 

 Genus Erythrogonys. 

 Tip of bill only slightly swollen. No spur on wing 



Australian Museum. 

 Red-kneed Dottrel; Erythrogonys cinctus. 



The Eed-kneed Dottrel. 



Erythrogonys cinctus. 



Australia. 



Colour above bronzy brown; greater series of wing-coverts fringed 

 with white at ends; inner primaries and secondaries broadly tipped with 

 white; sides of back and rump white; centre tail feathers brown, rest 

 white; small patch below eye, cheeks, throat and sides of neck white; 

 head and sides of face black; broad band of black on chest; underparts 

 white. Total length 7.5 inches, culmen 0.85, wing 4.3, tail 1.85, tarsus 

 1.6. This bird is found in the interior and away from the sea coasts, 

 usually on the banks of swamps or lagoons. 



