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Old Continent, inhabiting chiefly the sandy tracts of the 

 interior. They run with extreme celerity, and have a rapid 

 flight ; hut their habits are little known. It is perhaps 

 difficult to say whether they ought to be placed with the 

 Bustards or Plovers ; yet I think they are more allied to the 

 former, although their small size might lead one to class 

 them with the latter. A very few individuals of a single 

 species have been met with in England. 



