(EDICNEMUS GRALLARIUS.
Southern Stone Plover.
Charadriits grallarim, Lath. Ind. Öm. Supp., p. lyyi,,
-----------— f r m a t u s : vp.JxnL^Lès&.Maii. d’Orn., tom. ü p. 321.
High.J.egged?Blover: Lathi Hist., vol. ix. p. 320.
(Edicnemus lonawes, deVÖig;, tom. ü. pL 228—Temm. EL CoL, 386.—feéss.
- p. 54-6.— d’Hist. Nat., tom. xxiii p. 232.—Ib. Ency. Méth. Om.,
MÊÊMÊ: Hist., vol. ix. p. 342.
(Edicnemus graUa^m^hist of Birds in Bnt; Mus .-Col|;,^pga iH. p. 59.
pha^adrius longipes, Wagl. B^^^rium^^aradrius^,gpifa ?
Hist., yol^ix.p. 342. ?
Cfoaméms : -
Grisled P ^ ^ ! ^ ^ ™ p H H B m H I |^ B d p a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S lp §H i6t^rql^x. p. 342. ?
Weë-lo, Abórièmës ofWestemA^^ .
T hebe are evidently two species o f^ ^ n p Bï^^mnbabiting Austrpïia^ p h ^ t ^ g f e ^ | ^jpng the southern
coast from east to west, aM 't^ M ^ S l ^ S i l 5M>\)rthern.. appear very similar, but
to possess w ® n | | S S ^ 3 wing and. considerably longer tarsi,
than ^ ^ ^ lf^ y ^ ^ ^ m pmsehted, which Kakabeendong- known tp us, having J b e e i^ | |^ i® by Latham in
his “ Index Ornithologicus ” all the open country
s o u t h b e f o r e me from Swan River,
r S p u ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ & g p u th Wales, It is -^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^& jjs |he rev er districts
to its habitstanj ^ m l^^pÏÏfe. ^ n d y plains, the ,^^^^^nd sides of grassy hills and flats
between the mountain^ridgjb^^^ S ^ M f e e that a rep||a^ d u^ ^K ston y character, are the situations it
usually frequents, an |^ | i^ ^ ^ I |^ o s tly met is! occasionally seen in^^all companies o f from
f an decree o f stratagem to
gun-shot. Tt rimslrw^igre af facility. fllspmèi ffe take wing squats on the
SMuncl,b’y^the,side of a "stone of wood*.. remains’ so close as almost to admit o f
being tepdleu n f pal before, ifr ijififfi approaching the ^ ^ ^ ^ M t^^unt^fem plov s ,
^o^ ^ ^ p And i f .pogsibl(^l ^ spot; at One
moment assuming lameness to such, jut^^^fc^:a ^ ^ ^ p e |^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^;Walking, at other times banging
down its wings as iR sc a p è wary fbatT never knew one captured
by the haifd* ;^ ^ ^ ffi^^K@K^^^mlrbmeans - t ^ S v sr»boti^pC^ ‘^ ^ h ft© i^^ J |fa fCo f q giescen^o r
the plains, it is a stately ^ ^ iS p p s in g bird ; wm^d^iven to take wing it mounts in the air
i l l l l l a quick, rather laboured motion tê f^ fe \wings, does not.^^to any great dis|aTice, ?hut usually pitches
again in some clear p1aee^S%g t Ö ® e s , and seeks safet| by running off aiidk^^^ingitself among the
thevapproachgt6f evefljhg early part o f the night,
its loud, harsh and peculiar ^ p j j j word weë-lo two or three ^ » ^ i f ^ M fM t e h e n r d .
I t chiefly feeds/gt ulg^ ^ P y n s e c t s o f various kinds and berrieg.^-»>
mher. an d*ufee .(^èposit^d on the bapre ground do ring ^e^b^KprS^id the
four following months. They varwcon^terah^Mfeeolbur.,.aS wjplbas in the^^^^^^^^B markings; their
usual groUnrl-eoroor^^p^^^ f^ ^ ^ ^ ^ blptched a S p g h w i t h a b o u t two inches and
a q uarteralngf^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ d five-eighths !
The nmrkings and general appearance of the two sexes ar^^o|^l^^’a^,;'fhh^^^%e^rcbly possibIe to distinguish
the male from the female wiÖ^^lthé aid
Crown pf the head, back o ip lln e c k and bkck g % , each feather wittfn line o f brbwnyh hlack down the
centre; space siyrpuh^ihg^he eye white,rbounded in front and below with a oarrowSfcreak, which, as well
£ | the ear-coverts and a hrqfd stripe clown each side R n e efjes dark “brown g j p l p ^ l chin whiter;
^ S £ i ^ » e k r s ^ ^ ^ ^ M ? | g r g d r i t the base with grey ; the, upper row s o f wing-coverts brown, the
lower ones white tipped with brown, all with a brqadJ^^^So#black dhwtóthe centre ; primaries brownish
^ ^ f c jü o s s g d It^ard^ a hroad irregular band ;<8|frhite | tertiaries light brown, with a
dark , the c^ j^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S a r gine^with^^^R;- tail brown, crossed by several bands o f white and
dark brown, and largely tipped wifh b la c k ^ eW t a f ld ^ ^ ^ ^ h u flfy white, with a broad stripe o f brownish
•; floyajL part of lj|||bdomen white; bill black ; irides yellow; eyelash
black ; legs sickly brown o f the feet.
les^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Sifes ra l. size.