Fam. Charadriadae. — 966 — Gen. Cursorius. 



Bruch, Gab. Journ. 1854. p. 277. — Bolle, Gab. Journ. 1855. p. 174. 



— Brehm. Gab. Journ. 1855. p. 493. & 496. — v. Müller, Gab. 

 Journ. 1856. p. 227. — Bolle, Cab. Journ. 1857. p. 263.; 264. & 

 266.; 335. & 337. — Heugl. Cab. Journ. 1862. p. 406. — Hartm. 

 Cab. Journ. 1863. p. 311. — Adams, Cab. Journ. 1864. p. 453 — 

 Heugl. Cab. Journ. 1865. p. 99. — Heugl. Cab. Journ. 1869. p. 256. 



— v. Droste, Ber. XVIII. Vers, der deutsch. Ornith. Ges. p. 74. — 

 Antin. Gat. p. 98. — Hewits. Ibis 1859. p. 79. pl. 2. — Salvin, Ibis 

 1859. p. 354. — Taylor, Ibis 1867. p. 67. — Blyth, Ibis 1865. p. 34. 



— Hume, Ibis 1868. p. 406. — Trist r. Ibis 1860. p. 79. — 1868. 

 p. 322. — Blyth, Ibis 1867. p. 163. — Shelley, Ibis 1871. p. 144. 



— Wright, Malta p. 37. — Gray, Gen. Birds III. p. 537. —Gray, 

 Handl. III. p. 19. — Hartl. Proc. L. Z. S. 1866. p. 61. — Heugl. 

 Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869. p. 410. — Naum. V. D. XIII. p. ,220. 



— Savi, Orn. Tose. II. p. 223. — Cursorius isabellinus, Malh. Faun. 

 Sicil. p. 167. — Cursorius Jamesoni, Jerd. B. of JInd. III. p. 875. 



Arabisch Keruan djebeli, auch Ferch el ghet. 



Delicate et laete rufo-isabellinus ; pileo rufo ; loris, gula, ab- 

 dominc inedio et postico subcaudalibusque albidis; siueipite pos- 

 tico nuchaeqire plumis elongatis pure coerulescente-cinereis ; Stria 

 poue oculos in cervice coutiiu'iite conspicua, alba, utrinque nigro- 

 marginata; ulnae pluniis, primariarum teetrieibus, remigibus prima- 

 riis et subalaribus nigris; seeundariis supra pallide fulvis, int'ra 

 atris, intus pallidioribus, in pogouio externo et apice albo-limbatis, 

 iascia anteapioali nigricaiite; reetrieibus tergo concoloribus, later- 

 alibus ante apicein latum albuni l'ascia sagittaetbrmi nigricante 

 notatis, extimae pogonio externo albido ; rostro fuscescente-nigro, 

 oris angulo niandibiüaeque basi albidis; iride umbrina; pedibus 

 tiavido-lividis ; — long. tot. circa 9 1 / 2 /; - rostr. afr. 11'". — 12"'. 

 — al. 5'-. 6'".— 5". 11"'. — caud. 2". 6 ".—2". 7'". — tars. 2".— 

 2". 1V 2 "'- — dig. med. sine ung. 10 %'•'. 



Jim. Pallidior; pileo fuscescente-striolato ; Stria superciliari 

 lata isabellino-albida ; fascia nuchali obsoletafuscescente ; tergaeo 

 pectoreque maculis obsoletis sagittael'ormibus fuscescentibus ; ul- 

 nae plumis, primariarum tectrieibus primi ordinis et remigibus 

 primariis in apice colore rufesceute-isabellino marginatis. 



