596 BRITISH BIRDS. 



(EDICNEMUS CREPITANS. 

 STONE-CURLEW. 



(Plate 21.) 



Pluvialis major, Briss. Orn. v. p. 76, pi. vii. fig. 1 (1760). 



Oharadrius oedicnemus, JAnn. Sy^t. Nat. i. p. 255 (1766). 



Charadrius scolopax, Omel Heise Mussl. iii. p. 87, pi. 16 (1774) 



Oharadrius illyricus, Pilkr, It. Poseg. Sclav, p. 26 (1783). 



Otis cedicnemus {Linn.), Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 290 (1787). 



(Edicnemus crepitans, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 323 (1815) ; et auctorum pluri- 

 morum — Naumann, Degland 8f Gerbe, Savi, Loche, Blanford, Jerdon, Gould, 

 Tristram, Cavendish Taylor, Salvin, Salvadori, Lord Lilford, Irhy, &c. 



Fedoa oedicnemus (Linn.), Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. Src Brit. Mm. p. 28 (1816). 



Oedicnemus griseus, Koch, Syst. haier. Zool. i. p. 266 (1816). 



CEdicnemus europseus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxiii. p. 230 (1818). 



Oidicnemua bellonii, Fkm. Brit. Anim. p. 114 (1828). 



Oedicnemus desertorum, / ^^^^^^ ^^^ Beutschl. p. 539 (1831). 



Oedicnemus arenarius, I 



Oedicnemus indicus, Salvad. Atti Soo. Ital. sc. not. viii. fasc. 4, p. 376 (1865). 



CEdicnemus senegalensis, Swainson, Birds of W. Africa, ii. p. 228 (1837). 



The distribution in England of the Stone-Curlew, or, as it is frequently 

 called, the Thicknee, or Norfolk Plover, is very similar to the former 

 distribution of the Great Bustard in our islands. Its headquarters are 

 the warrens of the eastern counties, whence its breeding-range extends 

 northwards to the wolds of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and southwards 

 through the counties of Bedford, Hertford, Buckingham, Oxford, and. Berks, 

 to the downs of Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent. To 

 the rest of England and Scotland it is a more or less accidental straggler 

 on migration, though a few appear to winter in the counties of Somerset, 

 Devon, and Cornwall. It has occurred once in winter near South Shields, 

 at the mouth of the Tyne, and once at the same season near St. Andrews, 

 in Fife. In Ireland it is said to have occurred about half a dozen times, 

 principally in winter. 



On the continent the Stone-Curlew does not breed north of the Baltic. 

 It is a resident throughout the basin of the Mediterranean ; but to France^ 

 Holland, Belgium, Germany, and South Russia it is a summer migrant. 

 It has only occurred twice in Denmark, and is not found in the Baltic 

 provinces. Its northern range in South Russia has not been accurately 

 determined; but it is common at Sarepta, and may range up to lat. 50°. 

 It is a resident in the Canary Islands, and an occasional straggler to 

 Madeira. It is a resident throughout North Africa, as far south as 



