COURSER. 



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2 — COROM ANDEL COURSER. 



Curaorius Asiaticus, bid. Orn. ii. 751. Gm. Lin. i. 692. 

 Courvite de Coromandel, Buf. viii. 129. PL ml. 892. 

 Coromandel Plover, Gen. Syn. v. 217. 26. 



RATHER smaller than the former. Bill dusky ; top of the 

 head, the fore parts as far as the breast, and beginning of the belly, 

 reddish chestnut ; chin white ; behind and above the eye a streak of 

 white; through the eye a black one, passing to the hindhead ; the 

 white entering a little way into the black at the back part; hind part 

 of the neck, back, wings, and tail, brown ; quills black; upper part 

 of the belly dusky ; the rest of the under parts, rump, upper tail 

 coverts, and tip of the tail, white; legs yellowish white. 



Inhabits the Coast of Coromandel. This is well figured among 

 the drawings of Sir John Anstruther. One in General Hardwicke's 

 collection of drawings had the Hindustan name of Joogerrera. 



A. — Bill black; forehead and half the crown pale rufous, the 

 rest to the nape white ; from the gape to the hindhead, through the 

 eye, a black streak, dividing behind the eye into two, passing round 

 the nape in the white; upper parts of the body and wings dull 

 greenish brown ; beneath pale dusky rufous ; belly and vent much 

 paler ; quills and tail plain black ; legs long, yellow, claws black. 



This is called in the Persic tongue Turthury : perhaps this word 

 is corresponding with Teetaree, a name which we have observed to 

 be given to more than one of the Sandpiper and Plover Genus, 

 particularly the Goa Sandpiper. This Variety is figured among the 

 drawings of Lord Mountnorris, and differs only in having the tail 

 feathers white ; but the two middle appear to be black ; the bill 

 seems to be less curved than in the PI. enlum. nor is there any black 

 between the thighs ; the quills reach to near the end of the tail, 

 which is very short. 



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