154 COURSES. 



A fifth is a dull greenish brown ground, much 

 marked and blotted all over with dark and light brown. 



A sixth is a light dull yellowish-green ground, 

 thickly spotted, streaked, and marked all over with 

 large and small dark brown spots and blots, more 

 towards the larger end. 



A seventh is of yellowish grey ground, marbled 

 all over with dark brown, yellowish green, and grey 

 streaks and spots. 



An eighth is a light yellowish grey ground, hand- 

 somely spotted all over with larger dark brown and 

 smaller grey and yellowish spots. 



A ninth is of a dull yellowish ground, with large 

 blots of dark brown, and greenish spots. 



A tenth is paler yellowish, and not so largely 

 marked. 



R. J. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, 

 Oxford, has forwarded me a specimen of the egg of 

 this species. 



COURSER. 



PLATE CXLVIII. FIGURE III. 

 Cursorius Europceus, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



HHHE egg is very handsomely mottled over with 

 -*- reddish brown, on a ground colour of a lighter 

 shade of the same, or dull yellow. 



