CüRSORIUS. 
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Synon.: Tachydromus Tllig. — Plnvianus Vieill. — Cursor Wagl. — Hyas Glog. — 
Ammoptila Swains. — Choilodroiuas Rüpp. — Chilodroniiis Agass. — Macrotarsius Blyth. 
— Chalcopteriis Reichb. — Rhinoptilus Strickl. 
Bill moderate, broader than high at the base, laterally compressed to the 
tip, the culmsn straight at the base, and then gradually arched to the tip; the 
nostrils placed in a, membranous groove, longitudinal and exposed. Wings leng- 
thened, with the first tioo quills the longest. Tail short and nearly even. Legs 
lengthened, with the apical portion of the thigh naked and scutellated for the length 
of the middle toe. Tarsi not less than twice the length of the middle toe, and 
covered loith broad transverse scales both in front and behind. Toes three in front, 
the outer longer than the inner; the claws short and slightly curved. — 9 S2>ecc. 
aegyptius SchLegel, Mas. Pays-Bas Cursor. 14. [Africa sept. Hispania. 
Charadrius aegyptius ILvsselquist, Iter Palaest. 25G; Reise 311. — Nitzsch, 
Ersch. Grub. Encycl. XVI. 153. 
Charadrius melanocephalus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. G9"2. — Savigny, Descr. 
Egypte Ois. Tb. 6. Fig. 4. 
Charadrius leucogaster Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 687. 
Charadrius africanus Latham, Ind. Ornith. Suppl. 
Charadrius alexandrinus var. ß Latham. 
Pluvianus melanocephalus , Pl. chlor ocephalus Vieillot, Nouv. «iict. hist, nat. 
XXVIL 129. 130. 
Charadrius chlor ocephalus Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux ïb. 233. 
Charadrius trochilus Cuvier. — [cf. Ch. hiaticula Lin.J 
Cursor charadrioides Wagler, Syst. Avium spec. 6. 
Ammoptila charadrioides Swainson, Ciassific. Birds 11. 4G4. 
Hyas aegyptius Glogek. Brehm, Reiseskizzen 3. 169. 
Cheilodromas melanocephalus Rüppell, Mus. Senkenb. 11. 208. 
Pluvianus aegyptius Hartlaub, Syst. Ornith. W. Afr. 209. — Degland, 
Ornith. Europ. II. 121. 
africamis Temminck, Catal. Syst. 1807. 175. ~ Cursorius bicinctus ïem. 
asiaticus Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 751. = Cursorius coromandelicus Gmel. 
bicinctus Temminck, Man. Ornith. II. 514. — Jardine et Selby, Illustr. Ornitl , 
Tb. 48. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Cursor. 11. \_Africa merid. orient. 
Cursorius africanus Temminck, Catal. Syst. 175. 
Tachydromus collaris Vieillot, Nouv. diet. hist. nat. VIII. 292. 
Charadrius grallator Leadbeater, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1829. XVI. 92. 
Rhinoptilus bicinctus Strickland teste Gray. 
Hemerodromus cinctus v. IIeuglin, Ibis 1864. 31. Tb. 2. 
Cursorius cinctus Hartlaüb, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1866. XXXIV. 62. — v. 
Heuglin, Journ. Ornithol. 1865. XllL 99. 
bisigiiatus Hartlaub, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1865. XXXIH. 87; 1866. XXXIV. 
61. Tb. 6. [Benguela. 
Rhinoptilus bisignatus Gray, Handlist Birds III. 19. 
bitorquatas Jerdon, Birds India III. 628. [India. 
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1850. XVIII. 220. 
Macrotarsius bitorquatus Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1848. XVII. 254. 
brachydactylus Brehm, Naumannia 1855. IV. 288, = Cursorius gallicus Bonap. 
Burchelli Gray, Genera Birds III. 537. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Cursor. 
13. [Africa merid. 
Tachydromus Burchelli Swainson, Two Centur. 340. 
'Cursorius rufus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1836. IV. 81; Icones Avium 10. 
chalcopteriis Temminck, PI, color. 298. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Cursor. 
12. [Africa merid. orient, occid. 
Tachydromus chalcopterus Swainson, Birds W. Africa II. 220. 
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1850. XVIII. 220. 
Chalcopterus Temmincki Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. III. 30. Fig. 2134. 35. 
Cursorius superciliaris v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornithol. 1865. XIII. 98. 
