CREAM-COLOURED SWIETFOOT. 
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The Cream-Coloured Swiftfoot, Cursorius 
Europ.'LCS Cursorius Europeus, Lath. — C. Isa- 
bellinus, Meyer, etc. — Courvite Isabelle, Temm . — 
Cream-Coloured Courser or Swiftfoot of British 
authors. — This interesting bird appears to be of ex- 
treme rarity both in Britain and upon the continent, 
all the instances of its occurrence being capable 
of being enumerated within the limits of a page. 
Four specimens seem only to be noted, at the pre- 
sent time, as haying been killed in Britain, — the 
first in Kent, which was presented to Dr. Latham, 
and served for his description of the bird ; another 
in North Wales ; a third in Yorkshire ; and the last 
in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. No examples 
have occurred either in Scotland or Ireland. On 
the continent, stray specimens are mentioned hy dif- 
ferent writers as being met with, but the instances 
are extremely few. Africa appears to be its most 
abundant locality, or its stronghold ; but little is 
known either of its habits or nidification, the speci- 
mens which have been observed here being in loca- 
lities foreign to their habits. The other species of 
the genus are natives of Africa and India, frequent 
extensive dry plains or sandy deserts, and have both 
a powerful flight, and run with extreme swiftness, 
as the name implies, and which may be at once seen 
from the structure of the feet and legs. 
The crown is pale buff-orange, shading into grey ; 
on the hind head there is a triangular spot of black, 
terminating in a streak from the posterior angle of 
