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or hy special cries, as in the cuckoo. Among the birds of 

 the tropical forests, while the ground colour is often protec- 

 tive, as in the green of parrots, the smaller fruit-pigeons of 



Fig. 36. — (Edicnemus grallarius (East Australian Stone-Curlew). 

 This species is found all over Eastern Australia and the coasts of the Gulf of 

 Carpentaria. It is distinguished from its allies by the better defined whit© 

 spot on the wing and its more conspicuous markings on the breast. 



Fig. 37. — (Edicnemus magnirostris (Austro-Malayan Stone-Curlew). 

 This species ranges from the Andaman Islands to the Philippines and the north 

 coast of Australia. The markings of the face are almost intermediate be- 

 tween those of the other two species. 



the Malay Archipelago, many of the barbets, and hosts of other 

 birds, yet the different species will be almost always charac- 



