334 CURSORES. CURSORIUS. SwIFTFoor. 
The female resembles the male in the above state, except that 
the black spots and bars upon the upper parts of the 
body are not so intense. 
The male, in the adult state, or perhaps during the pairing- 
season only, hasa white collar upon the upper and lower 
region of the throat, and the intermediate part black. 
_ In other respects as in the winter plumage. 
Genus XLV. SWIFTFOOT. CURSORIUS, Lath. 
GENERIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill shorter than the head, straight, depressed at the base, 
curved towards the end, and pointed. Nostrils oval, and 
surrounded by a small protuberance. Legs having the tibia — 
and tarsus long and slender; toes three, all forward, very 
short, and entirely divided. Claws very small. Wings of 
mean length, having the first quill nearly equal to the second, 
which is the longest in each wing. . 
The species hitherto discovered, as belonging to this genus, 
are few, and these natives of the warmer parts of Asia and 
Africa, inhabiting, it is said the sandy deserts of these conti- 
nents. Very little is known of their habits, or other peculia- 
rities, but they may be presumed of similar character to the 
smaller species of Bustards, to which, in their conformation 
and general appearance, they are nearly allied. 
Cream-coloured Swiftfoot *.—Cursorius Isabellinus, 
Meyer. 
Cursorius Isabellinus, Meyer, 'Tasschenb. Deut. v. 2. p. 328. 
Cursorius Europzus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 751. sp. 1. 
* T have said all that isin my power respecting this bird, by way of 
completing the catalogue through the first part of the present work, and 
am. sorry for being compelled to omit the representation of it, as I have 
not a specimen in my own collection, and have not been able to meet with 
a good one elsewhere. 
