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THICK-KMEED BUSTARD. Class II. 



Female, 



at their ends, white at their bottoms ; the white 

 predominating to the secondaries, which are 

 quite white; the breast, belly, and thighs, white; 

 the middle feathers of the tail, tawny barred 

 with black; the rest white; legs cinereous. 



The neck of the female agrees in colors with 

 the back: in other respects the marks pretty 

 nearly agree. 



It inhabits open countries ; feeds on grain, 

 seeds, and insects. 



3. Thick- 

 kneed. 



Otis. CEdicnemus, O. grisea, 

 remigibus primoribus dua- 

 bus nigris medio albis, ros- 

 tro acuto, pedibus cinereis. 

 Lath. hid. em. 66 1. id. 

 Syn. iv. 806. 



Un Ostardeau, CEdicnemus. 

 Belon. av. <B3Q. 



Gharadrius (Triel vel Griel). 

 Gesner av. 256. 



Tbe Stone Curlew. Wil. orn. 

 306. 



JRaii Syn. av. 108. 



Le grand Pluvier, Courly de 



terre. Brisson av. v. j6. 



Tab. 7. Jig. 1. Hist. dots. 



viii. 105. PI. Enl Qig. 

 Charadrius CEdicnemus. Gm. 



Lin. 689. 

 Kervari. Hasselquist Itin. 210? 



Engl. Ed 200. 

 Norfolk Plover. Br Zool. ii. 



378. Br. Zool.Jol. 127- 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



X HE weight of this species is eighteen ounces. 

 The length to the tail eighteen inches : the 

 breadth thirty-six. The head is remarkably 

 round ; the space beneath the eyes is bare of 

 feathers, and of a yellowish green ; the irides 

 yellow; the feathers of the head, neck, back, 



