BRITISH BIRDS. 



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THE CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 



CURSORIUS EUROP^US, Latham. 



(Cursonits Isdbellinus, Meyer. Coure-mte isabcllc, 

 Temm.) 



THE length of this very rare bird is about ten 

 inches. The bill is black, the upper mandible 

 rather flatted, and bent downward at the tip, 

 whence, to the -feathers of the brow, it measures 

 nearly seven-eighths of an inch. The legs, from the 

 tread of the foot to the middle of the knee, are two 

 inches and a quarter; thence upwards, or the bare 

 part of the thigh, is about an inch. The middle 

 toe, including the nail, is about seven-eighths of an 

 inch, and is connected with the outer one by a 

 .small web. It is without a back toe. Behind the 



