COMMON THICK-KNEE. 



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mention is made of two new and undescribed 

 species of this genus, both of which are natives of 

 Asia, one being found in the southern parts of 

 that vast continent, and the other in New Hol- 

 land: they are said to be twice as large as the 

 European species. 



COMMON THICK-KNEE. 



(CEdicnemus crepitans.) 



. CEd. griseo-Juscus, supra lineis longitudinalihus nigricaniibus, 



remigibus primoribus duabus nigris medio albis. 

 Grey-brown Thick- knee, with dusky longitudinal lines above | 



the two primary quills blacky white in the middle. 

 CEdicnemus crepitans. Temm. Man. d' Orni. p. 322. 

 Charadrius CEdicnemus. Linn, Syst, Nat. 1. 255. 10. — GmeL 



Syst,Nat. I.689. 

 Otis CEdicnemus. Lath.Ind, Orn. 2. 11. 

 Pluvialis major, CEdicnemus vulgo dicta. Briss. Orn. 5. 76. 12. 



pL 27. f, l.—Raii. Syn, 108. a. 4. 

 Fedoa nostra tertia. Rati. Syn. 105. a. 6. 

 Fedoa CEdicnemus. Leach. Cat. Mus. Brit. p. 28. 

 Le grand Pluvier, ou courlis de terre. Buff, Ois. 8. 105.2?^. 7.— 



Buf. PI. Enl 919. 

 CEdicneme criard. Temm. Man. d'Orni. 322. 

 Stone Curlew. Alb. l.pl. 69.— Will. 300. 293.;?/. 58. 77. 

 Thick-kneed Bustard. Penn. Brit. Zool. I. 100.— Whitens Selb. 



Ato. 43. 88. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 8O6. 9. — Leaoin. Brit. Birds. 



4. 141. — Wale. Syn. 2. pi. l63. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. — 



Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. 

 Great Plover. Beijo. Brit. Birds. I. 321. 

 Common Thick-knee. Leach. Cat, Mus. Brit, p, 28. 



