290 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA, 



552. OurSOriUS BicinctUS, Temm., Man. d'OiD., 

 11 J Cuv., Vol. 3, p. 325 ; Jard. and Selby's 111. Orn., 

 t. 48 ; Tachydromus CoUaris, Vieil. ; Cursorius 

 Grallator, Leach. 



Upper parts, variegated rufous, black, dirty-wMte, and 

 brown ; each feather being the latter colour at the base, more 

 or less tinged with rufous ; then follows an indistinct black 

 mark, extending in a point down the shaft to the tip, which 

 is dirty-white, tinged more or less with rufous ; throat dirty- 

 white ; chest and belly rufescent, separated by two black 

 crescent-shaped bars ; the feathers of the throat and chest 

 have each a dark-brown line down their centres ; on the belly 

 only the shafts of some of the feathers are of this colour ; 

 vent and rump white ; the first three pair of outer tail- 

 feathers the colour of the belly ; the rest brown ; legs long, 

 covered with hard white scales. Length, 9" 6'" ; wing, 6" 

 3'" ; tail, 3" 3'". 



I procured what I took to be, from the anxiety«of the birds hano^ing 

 about the place, two eggs of this species. They are of a light nankin- 

 yellow ground, densely covered with thin compressed streaks of dark- 

 brown, so closely distributed as almost to hide the ground- colour : 

 axis, 14'"; diam., 12'". 



Mr. Atmore forwards an egg identical in all respects, save size, 

 which he says belongs to this bird. I therefore see no reason to doubt 

 my first supposition. Since this was written, I have seen eggs of allied 

 species, and am satisfied that my specimens are the eggs of C. JBicinctus. 



553. Cursorius Senegalensis, Lichtenstein ; 



Cursorius Temminckii, Swain. Zool. 111., Ph 106 ; 



Cursorius Asiaticus, Temm. nee. Lath» 

 Much resembling C. Burchellii, but rather larger ; on the 

 occiput and chest red-brown, with a large black patch in 

 the centre of the belly. Wing, 4" T" ; tail, 1" 6'". 



Inhabits South Africa. — Teste Etippell, Monogr. der gattung Otis. 

 Mus. Senck., 1837, p. 211. 



554. Cursorius ChalCOpterUS, Temm., Gray's 

 Gen. of B., p. 536 ; Cursorius Chalcopterus, Sw., Nat. 

 Lib., Vol. 12, p. 233. 

 Light-brown above ; front, throat, rump, and body beneath, 

 white ; quills black, tipped with shining violet ; breast pale- 

 brown, with a black band. Length, 10" ; wing, 7" 9',". 



Obtained at Natal by Mr. Ayres ; but has not yet, that I am aware 

 of, been procured within the limits of the Cape Colony. Mr. Anders- 

 son found it in Damaraland, and presented a. specimen to the Museum, 

 from whence this description is taken. 



