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The members of this family make no nest, but deposit their two eggs on bare and 

 «tony ground, so that the latter are very difficult to discover. The nestlings are not 

 so variegated as those of the true Plovers or Snipes, but are densely clothed with down 

 of a grey or sandy colour, admirably adapted to concealment in the surroundings 

 in which they are hatched. 



Four genera of CEdicnemidae are recognized by ornithologists, only one of which, 

 (Edicnemus, has any representatives in the New World. Here occur three species, viz., 

 (E. bistriatus, from Central and South America, (E. domimcensis, from San Domingo, 

 and (E. superciliaris, from Peru. 



CEDICNEMUS. 

 {Edicnemus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 321 (1815) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p, 3 (1896). 



The characters of the genus are the same as those of the family. 



1. (Edicnemus bistriatus. 



Charadrins bistriatus, Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 648 \ 



(Edicnemus bistriatus, Gray, List Grallse Brit. Mus. p. 59"; Owen, Ibis, 1861, p. 68'; Salv. t. c. 



p. 356*; Ibis, 1865, p. 198 = ; Scl. P.Z. S. 1865, p. 397'; v. Frantz. J.f. Orn. 1869, p.3r8"; 



Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 45'; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 232'; Salvin, Cat. 



Strickl. Coll. p. 591'°; Nutting, Pr. U, S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 389"; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 12"; Salvad. & Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, xiv. no. 339, p. 12". 

 (Edicnemus sp., Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314 ". 



Supra nigro et rufo late striatus, plumis saturate bninneis, rufo marginatis ; uropygio grisescente, plumis 

 anguste brunneo medialiter striatis ; pileo medio rufescente angustius brunneo striolato ; pilei lateribus 

 nigris, fasciam longitudinalem latam formantibus ; regione oculari et supra-auriculari albis ; facie lateral! 

 et coUo undique rufescentibus, anguste brunneo striolatis ; gutture et corpore subtus albis, jugulo imo et 

 prsepectore fulvescenti-rufis, anguste brunneo striolatis; pectore summo grisescente; subcaudalibus cervinis: 

 tectricibus alarum magis grisescenti-brunneis, his et secundariis intimis rufo marginatis ; remigibus 

 ceteris saturate sepiariis, intus albis, secundariis basaliter albis, primario exteruo extus dimidiatim albo ; 

 rectricibus medianis grisescentibus, reliquis fere albis, nigro bi- vel trifasciatis et fascia lata nigricante 

 terminatis ; subalaribus et axillaribus albis. Long, tota circa 17"0, alae 10-9, caudse 4-9, culm. 2-2, 

 tarsi 4'4. 



$ mari simiUs. Long, tota circa 17'0, alae 9-7. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Huamacbal, Guatemala. 



Mus. nostr.) 

 Juv. adultis similis, sed supra magis marmoratus, plumis saturate brunneis undique rufo fimbriatis ; 

 hypochondriis griseo lavatis. (Descr. av. juv. ex San Geronimo. ilus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico (Wagler^), both coasts 9, Tapana ^ (Sumichrast), Vera Cruz {Boucard^), 

 Misantla {Ferrari-Perez ^^), Tonala, Chiapas {Richardson ^^) ; Guatemala {Con- 

 stanrAa^^, 0. 8.% Huamacbal {0. S.^^^), San Geronimo {Owen\ 0. S.^^); 

 HoNDUEAS {Taylor ^*) ; Nicaeagua, Sucuya {Xutting ^^), San Juan del Norte 

 {v. Franizius '') ; Costa Rica, San Jose {v. Frantzius '^) ; Panama {Festa i^). — 

 Colombia 12 ; Venezuela ^^ ; Guiana 12 ; Amazonia ^K 



This species is found in suitable situations from Mexico to Panama, and extends 



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