CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 431 



GRA LLA TORES. CHA RA DRUDGE. 



THE CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. 



Cursorius Europaus. 



Cursorius Europceus, Cream-coloured Plover, 



11 11 11 11 



Isabellinus, Courser, 



11 11 11 Swiftfoot, 



Courser, 



11 11 11 



Courtvite Isabelle, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 



383. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 112. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 



217. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 176. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 

 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. Nos- 

 trils 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. 



