460 

 ORALLATORES. 



CHARADRIID^. 



CHARADRIIDJS. 





THE CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 



Cursorius Europteus. 



Cursorius Europeans, Cream-coloured Plover, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, 



vol. i. p. 383. 



Isabellinus, Courser, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 112. 



jSwiftfoot, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. 



ii.p.217. 



Courser, jENYNS,Brit.Yert.p.l76. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Courtvite Isabelle, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. 



vol. ii. p. 513. 



CURSORIUS. Generic Characters. Beak shorter than the head, straight, 

 and rather depressed at the base, slightly convex towards the end, and 

 pointed. Nostrils oval, with a small protuberance. Tarsi long and 

 slender ; toes, three only, all in front, middle toe almost as long again 

 as the lateral toes. Wings long, rather pointed; the first and second 

 quill-feathers the longest in the wing. 



