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(EDICNEMUS. 



Synonymy. 



(Half natural size.) 



(EDICNEMUS VERM I CUL AT US. 



VERMICULATED STONE-CURLEW. 

 Diagnosis. (Edicnemus pectore striato : dorso transversim vermiculato. 



Variations. It is not known that examples of the Vermiculated Stone-Curlew from West Africa differ 

 in any respect from examples from South Africa. 



(Edicnemus natalensis, Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 59 (1844, descript. null.) . 

 (Edicnemus vermiculatus, Cabanis, Journ. Orn. 1868, p. 413. 



Literature. 



Specific 

 characters. 



Plates. — Cabanis, Decken's Reisen Ost-Africa, iii. pi. xvi. 



Habits. — Gurney, Ibis, 1873, p. 259 (erroneously called (E. senegalensis). 



Eggs. — Unknown. 



The Vermiculated Stone-Curlew is a very distinct species, and is easily diagnosed from 

 its congeners. No other species belonging to that section of the genus in which the 

 breast is conspicuously streaked has the feathers of the upper parts not only longitudinally 

 streaked with dark brown, but also finely vermiculated with transverse brown zigzag 

 markings. 



