. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . )tile sankagain into the muddy waters. Id. (t c. p. 384) (Abary River):—A Jacana was leading herbrood of three small chicks within a few feet of my hammock,down to a causeway of trembling lily pads. T);e youngsters werevery tiny, clad in grey with a large black mark on the in comparison with their mother their toes were of enor-mous length. They ke[)t at her very heels and when she stoj>pedfor a moment crept beneath her wings. Family BURHINIDiE. These birds hold a somewhat intermediate po
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . )tile sankagain into the muddy waters. Id. (t c. p. 384) (Abary River):—A Jacana was leading herbrood of three small chicks within a few feet of my hammock,down to a causeway of trembling lily pads. T);e youngsters werevery tiny, clad in grey with a large black mark on the in comparison with their mother their toes were of enor-mous length. They ke[)t at her very heels and when she stoj>pedfor a moment crept beneath her wings. Family BURHINIDiE. These birds hold a somewhat intermediate position between theBustards and Plovers. They are distributed in Europe, Africa,Asia, and Australia, San Domingo, Central and South species are known in South America, one of which occurs inBritish Guiana. Genus CEDICNEMUS Temm. (EiUcirrmns Temminc-k, Man. dOrn. , p. .321. Type CE. oeilicnemus(Linn.). The members t»f this genus have rather long legs, short toes. (EDICNEMUS. i;i9 conspicnonsly large eyes. The bill sliglitly exceeds the lengthof the middle toe and Fig. 39.—To show the size of the eye. 88. (Edicnemus Thick-knee. Bii)-liim(S hisfriatiis (Wagl.), Isis. 1829, p. 64-4 (Mexico) ; Brabourne &: Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 45, no. 431, 1912.(EJicnemus histriatus Cab. in Sehomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 749, 1848; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 177; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 12, 1896 (Aunai).QiJ/cnemus voci/er Brown, Canoe and Camp Life, p. 142, 1876 (Quonga). Stilt-legged Plover ; Corobara (Broioi). Adult male. General colour above Idack or dark brown, thefeathers broadly edged with sandy rufous on the back and wings,more narrowly on the crown of the head; tail brown, some of thefeathers barred with white ; a broad band of white on each sideof tlie crown ; forehead, hind-neck, fore-neck, and sides of face.«:andy rufous with black shaft-streaks to the feathers ; breast greywith dark shaft-lines to the feathers ; throat, al)
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