74 CVKSORIIDiE. 



Sub-Order CURSORIL 



Family CURSORIIDiE. 

 Genus PLUVIANUS, V. 



Pluviaaius aegyptius {Linn.). 



Charadrius segvptiacus, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. ic. lig. 18 



(1845-54).' 

 Pluvianus melaaocephalus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viig. tab. '22. tig. 1 



(185.J-6.3). 

 Charadrius seuryptius, Bree, Birds Eur. iv. p. 14, pi. — (1867). 

 Pluvianus aigvpticus, Heuql. Or a. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. i. p. 976, pi. 49. 



fig. 11 (1873). 

 Pluvianus ajgyptius, Hurting*, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 456, pi. Ix. tig. 2 ; Bree, 



torn. fit. 2nd ed. iv. p. 171, pi. — (1875) ; Dresser, Birds Ear. vii. 



p. 521 (1878) ; Shmye, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 32 (1896) ; id. 



Hrmd-l. i. p. 169 (1899). 

 Cursorius aegyptius, Seebokm, Geogr. Distr. Ckaradriidce, p. 248 (1887). 



The eggs of the Elack-backed, or Ulack-headed, Plover in the 

 Collection are of a blunt oval form and are without gloss. One 

 example is cream-colour, and the other has a pale buff ground. 

 The markings consist of specks, small spots, and streaks of yellowish 

 l)rown, rather thickly set over the whole shell, and a few under- 

 lying spots of dull purplish grey. Two specimens measure 

 respectively : 1'25 by 9 ; 1-25 by -95. 



2. Ambukol, Soudan, 20th April Seebohm Coll. 



{Col. Willoughhy ferner). 



Genus CURSORIUS, Lath. 



Cursorius gallicus {Gm.). 



Cursor europa3US, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 59. fig. 1 (1855-63). 



Cursorius gallicus, Hewitson, Ibis, 1859, p. 79, pi. ii. fig. 3 , JDresser, 

 Birds Eur. vii. "p. 425 (1875); Seebohm, Brit. Birrh. in. p. 63, 

 pi. 20 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriid(c, p. 235 (18s7 ) ; id. Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 128, pi. 36. tig. 3 (1896); Meade-Waldo, Ibis, 

 1889, pp. 11, 505; 1893, p. 203; Poyntinr/, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 11, pi. 3 (1895-6) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M'.xxiw. p. 34 (1896) ; 

 id. Hand-l. i. p. 169 (1899). 



The eggs of the Cream-coloured Courser are of a regular oval 

 form, but a few specimens are nearly elliptical. They have little 

 or no gloss. The ground varies from cream-colour to pale buff, and 



* The egg figured by Mr. Harting does not resemble the two examples in 

 the Collection. 



