CEDICJNTEMUS. 



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Aberrant Stone-Curlews, with conspicuous black eye-stripes ; but with scarcely 

 perceptible streaks on the breast. 



(Half natural size.) 



(EDICNEMUS BISTRIATUS. 



CENTRAL- AMEBIC AN STONE-CURLEW. 



CEdicnemus pectore vix striato : dorso striato sed non fasciato : regionibus paroticis pallescentibus. Diagnosis. 



It is not known that this species is subject to any variations (except those attributable to Variations, 

 age and season) on the American continent ; but examples from the island of St. Domingo 

 are regarded as subspecifically distinct on account of their smaller size. 



Charadrius bistriatus, Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 648. 

 CEdicnemus vocifer, L'Herminier, Mag. de Zool. 1837, pi. 84. 

 CEdicnemus americanus, Swainson, Anim. Menag. p. 349 (1838). 

 CEdicnemus bistriatus {Wagler), Gray, Genera of Birds, iii. p. 535 (1844). 

 CEdicnemus mexicanus, Licht.fide Scklegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, iv. p. 19 (1865). 



Synonymy. 



Plates.— L'Herminier, Mag. de Zool. 1837, pi. 84. 



Habits. — Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314. Described as similar to those of the European Stone- 

 Curlew. The bird lives on the prairies. 



Eggs. — Owen, Ibis, 1861, p. 68. Are exactly like finely-marked eggs of CE. crepitans, but 

 larger (2-3 x T6 inch). 



Literature. 



