﻿ILLUSTRATIONS 



OF 



BEITISH BIRDS. 



GRALLATORES. CHARADRIIDJE. 



PLATE CCXXVI. 



THICK-KNEE. 



(EDJCNEMUS CREPITANS. 



The Thick-knee, as a summer visitant in Great Britain, is 

 not uncommon, but in consequence of its nocturnal habits is 

 not much seen by the common observer. Besides the name 

 above given it, this species is also known by the appellation 

 of the Stone Curlew, and Norfolk Plover, the first of which 

 has reference to the barren and stony localities it frequents ; 

 and the latter it has obtained on account of the frequency of 

 its appearance in that county, a circumstance easily accounted 

 for, Norfolk and Suffolk being the most likely of all our 

 eastern counties to invite its stay during its periodical mi- 

 grations, on account of the nature of the soil. In parts 

 of Surrey these birds are not uncommon ; we have seen a 



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