CURSORIUS. 221 



brown; lower part of tlic body almost white ; chin and throat white; 

 bill palo yellow, the ridge aud tip dusky brown ; irides yellow. 



Length. — 17 to 19 inches, wing 7 to 7'8, tail 4 to 4*5. Female slightly 

 larger. 



Hiib. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central India, 

 Kutch, Kattiawar, Rajputaua, Coucan and the Deccan. In Sind 

 it occurs only in the vicinity of Kiirracbee during Augwst and 

 September, chiefly at Mulleer, affecting the high grass. It breeds in tho 

 Deccan. In Sind a single egg was found on the Itubb plains by Mr. 

 F. 0. Constable. 



Family, CURSORIDyE,— Courier Plovrr&. 



Tarsi long, slender; bill slender, arched beyond the nostrils, which 

 are in a short triangular groove; wings long and pointed; toes three ; 

 no hind toe. 



Cnrsorius coromandelicus, Omel. -, P. E. 892 ; Gould. B. As. 

 pi. 37; Jcrdon, B. Ind. iii. p. 626 j Murray, Rdhk., ZuoL, cfc, Sind, 

 p. 207. — The Indian Courier Plover. • 



Forehead and top of head bright chestnut, a small patch of black on 

 the nape; superciliura white, extending and meeting behind the nape; a 

 black streak from the base of the nostril and through the eye, also 

 extending and meeting behind ; chin and throat white or pale buffy 

 white; neck all round pale ferruginous, darkening into deep ferruginous 

 on the breast and upper abdomen; a dark patch in tho middle of the 

 abdomen ; primaries and their coverts black ; under tail-coverts white; 

 back, scapulars and wing-cnverts earthy brown ; upper tail-coverts 

 the same; tail with the outer feathers on each side white, with a black 

 edge subterminally on the inner web ; rest, except the middle tail 

 feathers, ashy brown at base, with a snbterminal dark band and a white 

 tip; bill black; irides brown; legs creamy white. 



Length. — 9 — 10 inches, wings 6, tail 2-37, tarsus 2'25. 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Beloochistan, 

 N. Guzcrat, Rajputana, Kutch, Kattiawar, Concan and Deccan^, 

 affecting open grassy plains. Breeds in Sind from April to July. 



Cursorins gallicus, Gm. ; Nairn, vngt. t. 171 ; Gould. B. Eur. pi. 

 2m;Jerd.B.Ind. App. vol. iii. p. 874; Murray, Edhk., ZooL, 4c., 

 Sind, p. 207. — The Ckeam-coloured Courser, 



Forehead and crown rufescent or pale orange buff, shading on to the 

 back of head into grey or ashy grey, below Avhich, on tho nape, is a small 

 black patch ; superciliura extending to and meeting behind the nape, also 

 a black streak from behind the eye ; lores pale white ; chin and throat 

 pale white; breast isabelline brown, fading on tho abdomen to albescent, 

 and white on the under tail-coverts; back, scapulars, tortials and wing- 

 coverts warm rufous buff, brighter on the tail, the outer feathers of 

 which on each side have a subterminal black band on the inner web 

 only ; the others on both webs, and all, except the central tail feathers, 

 broadly tipped white ; primai'ies black ; sccoudarics with their outer 



