The Coursers. 



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THE 



CREAM-COLOURED 



COURSER. 



(Cursorius gallictis.) 



there is a curious 

 comb-like series 

 ot notches. The 

 pale tavvn}' colour 

 of the plumage, 

 black quills, grey 

 head and black 

 line along the 

 sides of the face, 

 are sufficient cha- 

 racters to tell the 

 Courser bj'. It 

 is found through- 

 out the desert 

 countries of 

 Northern Africa 



The Stone-Plover. 



This rare visitor to our shores is the representative of an 

 Old-World group of Plovers, which have a split palate and 

 open 'schizorhinal' nostrils. The tarsus is not reticulate in 

 front but is plated, and on the inner side of the middle claw 



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The Cream-coloured Courser. 



