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CEDICNEMUS. 



Genus CEDIONEMXJS. 



oZSo! = a swelling ; Kvinj-ri = a leg. 



Plumage brown and striated. Eye large. Bill not longer than the head and 

 not compressed. Ifostrils in long, shallow groove. Wings pointed. Second 

 quill usually longest. Tail of twelve feathers. Migratory, inhabiting all parts, 

 except N. America. Frequents dry, open, stony country. 



121. (Edicnemus indicus. The Goggle-bye or Bastaed Flohikin, or 

 Stone-Curlew, or Thick Knee. 



Karwanak, Barsiri, Lambi, India; Kharma, Bengal; Kalleydu (Telugu) ; Kana 

 mosal (Tamil). 



$ 16" to 17"; f lb. Legs yellow. Bill yellow, black tip. Upper feathers 



Laughton, Loliarilung, 29.8.75. 



red-ashy, with black shaft stripe. Breast reddish, with dark brown shaft stripes. 

 Quills blackish, with white patch on first two or three quills. Tail brown, tipped 

 black (except mid pair) with subterminal white bar. C. and S. Europe, N. Africa, 

 C. and S.W. Asia, India, Ceylon, and Burma. Two to three eggs (1-9 x 1-39), 

 buff, blotched black. (J. 859. B. 1418.) 



Also (E. senegalensis. 14". From W. Africa. 



OE. vermiculatus, 14". From S. Africa. 



(E. bistriatus. 15J". From C. America. 



CE. dominieensis. 14J". From San Domingo. 



(E. superciliaris. 15". From S. America. 



CE. capensis. 16". From S. Africa. 



CE. affinis. 16". From N. and Equatorial Africa. 



Also the genus Burhinus. One species — B. grallariua, 20^", the Australian Thick Knee. 



