118 Mr. H. Seebohm on the Genus Cursorius. 



It appears to be generally distributed throughout India 

 and Ceylon ; but it is more local in the south, and does not 

 occur in the extreme north-west. 



6. Cursorius chalcopterus. 



The Bronze-winged Courser is the only species in the 

 genus which shows the metallic colours frequently found on 

 the plumage of the Lapwings and occasionally on that of the 

 Wattled Lapwings. The tijjs of the primaries for about half 

 an inch are bronzed with green and red. According to 

 Heuglin this character is also found in the young in first 

 plumage. 



This species has a wide range, from Senegambia in the 

 west to Kordof an in the east, and to Damara Land and Natal 

 in the south. 



7. Cursorius cinctus. 



Heuglin^s Courser is nearest allied to Levaillant^s Courser 

 and its local races. These two species are the only Coursers 

 which have no white on the secondaries beyond a narrow 

 margin. In the former the secondaries are brown, but 

 in the latter chestnut-buff. This character is probably 

 constant at all ages. A more complicated diagnosis is : — 

 Upper tail-coverts white ; primaries nearly uniform dark 

 broivn, without buff inner webs, or large white patches, or 

 bronze tips. No other Courser answers to this description. 



Heuglin obtained it on the Upper Nile. I have an ex- 

 ample in my collection procured by Andersson at Ondonga 

 in Damara Land, and Mr. Lort Phillips found it in 

 Somali-land. 



8. Cursorius bicinctus. 



9. Cursorius bicinctus bisignatus. 



10. Cursorius bicinctus gracilis. 



Levaillant's Courser, and the two local races, which do not 

 appear to be more than subspecifically distinct from it, and 

 which we may call respectively Hartlaub^s Courser and 

 Fischer's Courser, may always be recognized by the chestnut- 

 buff inner webs of their inner primaries and secondaries. The 



