326 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
NOTES ON THE VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF 
LEICESTERSHIRE. 
By Montaau Browne, F.Z.S. 
Curator, Town Museum, Leicester. 
(Continued from p. 238.) 
Order LimtcoL.—F amily CGipicnEemIb2. 
Gidicnemus scolopax (S. G. Gmelin). Stone Curlew.— 
Formerly occurring in the county as a summer migrant, but 
much scarcer of late years. It has been met with in the parishes 
of Croxton, Kerriel, Saltby, and Waltham, on the south-eastern 
side of the county. The late Mr. Widdowson noted it as having 
bred annually some years ago at Stonesby Heath, but none 
have been observed there of late years. 
Rev. R. Hart writes that ‘“ the Thick-kneed Plover still 
breeds on Ryhall Heath, Rutland.” 
Family GLaREOLID2. 
Glareola pratincola (Linn.). Collared Pratincole-—The only 
authority I have for including this bird in the present list is that 
contained in the MS. catalogue of the contents of the Museum 
when handed over to the Corporation on 19th June, 1849, wherein 
one is mentioned with the remark, ‘“ shot near Leicester.” 
Family CuaraDRIIDm. 
Cursorius gallicus (Gmelin). Cream-coloured Courser.—This 
rare bird is figured in Potter’s ‘ History of Charnwood Forest,’ 
from a specimen in the possession of the Rey. T. Gisborne, of 
Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire, procured near Timberwood Hill, 
Charnwood Forest, in October, 1827. The same specimen has 
also been figured by Bewick and Selby. Anxious, if possible, to 
obtain some particulars of so rare a bird, Harley wrote to the 
late Mr. Gisborne, author of ‘Walks in a Forest,’ in whose 
possession it was known to be, and received the following 
reply :—‘‘ Yoxall Lodge, Needwood Forest, July 4, 1840. The 
example of Cursorius isabellinus, respecting which you inquire, 
was shot on Charnwood Forest, near Timberwood Hill, in 
October, 1827, by a tenant of my eldest son. The tenant met 
my son accidentally directly afterward, and showed and gave the 
