CHARADRIAD^.. 



Fa. pygmseus. 



Fa. fusco-ferrugineo alboque variegatuSy corpore subtus uropy- 

 gioque albis; remigibus rectricibusque exterioribus albo mar- 

 g'inatis. 



Falcinelle variegated with brown ferruginous and white, with the 

 body beneath and rump white j the quills and outer tail-fea- 

 thers edged with white. 



Scolopax pygmea. GmeL Syst. Nat. ii. 655. 



The descriptions of this bird and of the Phseopus ? 

 pygmaeus are strangely blended in a former volume 

 of this work : the characters above given are peculiar 

 to the present bird, which has not hitherto occurred 

 in the British Islands, but inhabits Holland and other 

 parts of Europe. 



GENUS CCCLXIX.— EROLIA, Vieillot. 

 Generic character : mde Steph. 1;. x\. p. 497. 



GENUS CCCLXX.— CURSORIUS, Latham, COURSER. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. 499. 

 Cu. chalcopterus. Temm. PL Col. 298. 



Cu. cinereusfronte rtfsscente-albd ; vertice rtfescentefusco ; remi' 

 gibus fuscis virjdi marginatis, apicibus violaceis; cauda nigri- 

 cantefusca, basi apiceque albis. 



Ash-coloured Courser with the forehead reddish-white ; the crown 

 reddish-brown ; the quills brown edged with green, and tipped 

 with violet ; the tail dusky-brown, its base and tip white. 



Inhabits Senegal. Length eleven inches : the 

 forehead is of a reddish-white, which colour extends 

 over the anterior of the eyes and passes to the orbits : 

 the top of the head is reddish-brown : a tint of bright 

 marron adorns the lores, and passes beneath the eyes 

 to the ears : a similar coloured spot is on the sides 



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