SwIFTFOOT. GRALLATORES. CURSORIUS. 217 
Grallatores, as being still more closely allied to the typical 
members of that family, than to the Bustards, or other ge- 
nera of the Struthionide. In addition to the two species 
above alluded to, three others have been discovered, which 
are beautifully displayed in the “ Planches Coloriées.” These 
birds are all natives of the ancient continent, inhabiting the 
sandy deserts of Asia and Africa. Of their habits and other 
peculiarities not much is known, but such information as we 
possess tends to confirm the propriety of their position be- 
tween the other genera of the present family, and the smaller 
members of the Struthionide. 'They run with surprising 
speed, and their flight, from the full development of their 
wings, is swift and powerful. 
CREAM-COLOURED SWIFTFOOT}H. 
Cursorius IsapeLiinus, Meyer. 
PLATE XXXIII **. 
Cursorius Isabellinus, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 2. 328.—TZemm. Man. 
d@Ornith. 2. 513.—Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 11. 500. pl. 37. 
Cursorius Europzeus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. 751. 1. 
Charadrius Gallicus, Gmel. Syst. 1. 692. 
Le Court-vite, Buff: Ois. 8. 128.—Id. Pl. Enl. 795.—Lesson. 2. 203. 
Court-vite Isabelle, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 513. 
Cream-coloured Plover, Lath. Syn. 5. 217. 25—Jd. Sup. 254. t. 116.— 
—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 5. pl. 187.— Wale. Syn. 2, pl. 164.— Mont. Ornith. 
Dict. 2.—Jd. Sup. 
Cream-coloured Courser, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 11. 500. pl. 37. an ill-drawn 
figure. 
Since the publication of the First Part of the present 
work, an instance has fortunately occurred of the Cream- 
coloured Swiftfoot having been killed near Timberwood 
Hill, in Charwood Forest, Leicestershire, in October 1827. 
+ I have to offer a similar apology to my readers for the transfer of this 
bird, from the First to the Second Part of these “ Illustrations,” that I have 
already made in the preceding note (on the Collared Pratincole), with this 
fortunate exception, that the representation of the Swiftfoot will be found 
in its proper place (in Part Second of the Plates); as an accompanying 
figure was not given in Part First. 
