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CURSORIUS. COURSER. 



Generic Character, 



Rostrum capite brevius, tere- 

 tiusculum, gracile, forni- 

 catum, versus apicem in- 

 CLirvum, acutum. 



Nai'es ovatas, tubere minuto 

 instructae. 



Pedes cursorii, tridactyli ; di- 

 git! brevi, exteriores basi 

 membranula connexi; un- 

 gues brevissimae. 



Ala mediocres, remige se- 

 cunda longior quam pri- 

 more. 



Beak shorter than the head, 

 rounded, slender, arched; 

 towards the tip bent down, 

 and acute. 



Nostrils OY ate, furnished with 

 a small tubercle. 



Feet formed for running, 

 three-toed ; the toes short, 

 the outer ones connected 

 at the base by a slight 

 membrane ; the clazvs very 

 short. 



Wings medial, the second 

 feather longer than the 

 first. 



CuRSORius. Lath.f Meijer, Temrn., Cuv. 

 Charadrius. Gmel. 

 Tachydromus. Illig., Vieil, 



TThE species of this genus inhabit the hot countries 

 of Asia and Africa, but their manners still remain 

 in obscurity. One species sometimes, though 

 very rarely, visits Europe, only three instances 

 being on record ; one in France, one in Austria, 

 and the other in England. 



