262 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



wet season. I frequently found it plentiful in the 

 neighbourhood of Objimbinque, and comparatively tame. 

 It sometimes occurs singly, at others in pairs, and occa- 

 sionally in small flocks, each flock probably consisting of 

 an entire family. 



This species runs with considerable celerity. 



Measurements of a male : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 87 



Length of folded wing .... 6 1 



tarsus 24 



middle toe .... 10 



tail ....... 2 8 



bill 10 



[It appears that this species also inhabits Ovampo Land, as 

 the male specimen of which the dimensions are given above by 

 Mr. Andersson was ticketed as having been obtained in Ondonga 

 on January 22nd, 1867. ED.] 



306. CursorillS CinctUS, Heuglin. Heuglin's Courser. 



Cursorius cinctus, Heuglin's Systematische Uebersicht, No. 555. 

 Hemerodromus cinctus, Heuglin, in Journ. fur Orn. 1863, p. 25. 

 Heuglin, in Ibis, 1863, pi. 1. 



[No mention is made of this species in Mr. Andersson's notes ; 

 but his last collection contained two examples, a male and a 

 female, obtained in Ondonga on January 22nd and 25th, 1867. 



Both these specimens now form part of the collection of Mr. 

 J. E. Harting, who has favoured me with the following remarks, 

 relating to this Courser : " This appears to be an extremely rare 

 species. Von Heuglin described and figured it in 'The Ibis' 

 (1863, p. 31, pi. 1) from a specimen which he considered unique, 

 and which was obtained at Gondokoro on the White Nile, in 

 the Bari Country, in 5 N. lat. I cannot see that it is generi- 

 cally distinct from Cursorius, any more than the better-known 

 C. chalccpterus " 



