MASON AND LEFROY. 263 



1420. Esacus magnirostris. Australian Stone-Plover. Crus- 

 taceans and molluscs. E. B. C. N. H., 297. 



DROMADHXE. 



1421. Dromas ardeola. Crab-Plover. Small crabs and other 

 Crustacea, and perhaps also on shell fish. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 659. 

 Chiefly crabs. F. I. IV, 206. Small crustaceans. E. B. C. N. H., 

 296. 



GLAREOLID.E. 



Cursorince. Coursers and Courier-Plovers. 

 Cursorius. Feed almost entirely on Coleoptera and other 

 insects. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 626. 



1422. Cursorius coromandelicus. Indian Courser. Various 

 insects, chiefly Coleoptera and the larvae of certain grasshoppers. 

 Jerd. B. I. Ill, 627. 



1423. Cursorius gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser. The food 

 consists almost entirely of insects, such as grasshoppers, yet it 

 includes small molluscs. E. B. C. N. H., 294. 



Glareolince. Swallow-Plovers. Semi-nocturnal, hawking moths 

 in air. Jerd. B. I. III., 633. 



P atincoles. Ordinarily capture insects on the wing. E. B. 

 C. N. H., 294. Swallow -Plovers, hawk insects on river banks. 

 Bengal Gaz., Monghyr, 21. 



Glareola, insects. E. I. IV, 215. 



1425. Glareola orientalis. Large Indian Pratincole or Swallow- 

 Plover. Principally moths, Coleoptera and Hemiptera. F. I. IV., 

 255. Insects in the air, moths and beetles. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 631. 



1427. Glareola lactea. Small Indian Pratincole. Mostly 

 beetles and mosquitoes. They were fourd hunting for ireecte 

 well after sunset. B. N. H. S. J., XVI, 7. Several which I exa- 

 mined had partaken only of a species of Cicindela. Jerd. B. I, 

 III, 630. 



