Cras HH, FHICK-KNE ED. 
lines. The quil feathers black at their ends, white 
at their bottoms; the white predominating to the 
fecondaries, which are quite white. ‘The breaft, 
belly, and thighs white. The middle feathers of 
the tail, tawny barred with black: the reft white, 
Legs cinereous. 
The neck of the female agrees in colors with the 
back: in other refpeéts the marks pretty nearly 
agree, : 
They inhabit open countries; feed on grain, 
feeds, and infeéts. 
Norfolk Plover. Br. Zool. Il. Le grand Pluvier, Courly de 
378. terre. Briffin av. V. 76. 
Un Oftardeau, Oedicnemus. Fab.9 fig ee | 
Belon av. 239. Charadrius oedicngmus. Liz. 
Charadrius (Triel vel Griel). yf. 255. 
Gefner av. 256. Br. Zool, 127. 
The Stone Curlew. Wil. orn. Kervari. Haffelguift Itin. 210? 
306. _ Engl. Ed. 200. 
Raii fyn. av. 108. 
HE weight of this fpecies is eighteen ounces. 
The length to the tail eighteen inches: the 
breadth thirty fix. The head is remarkably round: 
the {pace beneath the eyes is bare of feathers, 
and of a yellowith green: the irides yellow: the 
feathers of the head, neck, back, and fcapulars, 
and coveris of the wings are black, edged deeply 
with pale reddith brewn: the belly and thighs are 
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Descrip. 
