CREAM-COLOURED COURSER 



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land, Leicestershire, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, 

 Wilts, and Hants. It has also visited North Wales and 

 Cardiganshire. It may be noticed that the above counties 

 are maritime, with the exception of Wilts, Leicestershire, 

 and Middlesex. 



A bird from Kent about 1787 (Harting, ' Handbook of 

 British Birds,' 1901, p. 410), and a bird from North Wales 

 in 1793, are probably the earliest captures recorded. The 



FIG. 29. CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 



most recent occurrences appear to be those of two speci- 

 mens, one obtained in Wiltshire, on October 10th, and 

 another in Jersey, on October 19th, 1896. 



The Cream-coloured Courser has not been recorded as 

 a spring-migrant on its passage northward. 



In Scotland it has once been obtained, namely in 

 Lanarkshire, on October 8th, 1868 (Gray, ' Birds of the 

 West of Scotland,' p. 250). 



As yet it has not been included in the Irish List. 

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