COURSER. 351 



GENUS LXXXIIL— COURSER. 



1 Cream-coloured Courser 

 A Var. 



2 Coromandel 

 A Var. 



3 Collared 



4 Double-collared 



i HE bill in this Genus is roundish, bent downwards at the end. 

 and sharp ; gape wide. 



Nostrils oval. 



Tongue sharp. 



Legs made for running, with three toes, all placed forwards. 



1— CREAM-COLOURED COURSER— Pl. clv. 



Cursorius Europasus, Ind. Om. ii. 751. 



Gallicus, Cm. Lin. i. 692. 



isabellinus, Tern. Man. 2d. Ed. p. 513. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 187. 



PluvialisMorinellus flavescens, Corrione biondo, Gerin. iv. t. 474. 



Le Coure-vite, Buf. viii. 12S. Pl. enl. 795. 



Cream-coloured Courser, Br. Zool. 1812. ii, p. 108. 



Cream-coloured Plover, Gen. Syn. v. p. 217. 25. Id. Sup. 254. pl. cxvi. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill three quarters of an inch long, in 

 shape not unlike that of the Pratincole, but longer, and dusky 

 black ; plumage in general cream-colour, or buff, paler beneath ; 

 behind the eyes a patch of black ; through them a pale streak, 

 passing to the hindhead, and dividing the black ; the nine first 

 quills black ; the rest of the wing in general, and coverts, as the 

 back ; tail cream colour, the tw 7 o middle feathers plain, the others 

 marked with a large black spot near the ends, but occupying the 

 inner web only on the outer feather, the ends of all nearly white ; 

 legs yellowish white ; segments of the shins very distinct ; claws 

 black. This bird was killed in France, and was at that time con- 

 sidered singular, as it had never been met with before : it was observed 

 to run with great swiftness. 



