. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . n, Birds of Damara-Land, p. 262). It appears to be nearest related to C. bicinctus. Young in first plumage are unknown,nor has any description of its habits been published. CURSORIUS CHALCOPTERUS. BRONZE-WINGED COURSER. Diagnosis. Cursorius supracauclalibus albis : secimdariarum parte basali alba, parte terminali nigra : primariisbaud albo subterminali maculatis : (in adult.) rernigum nigraruni terminis iridescentibus. Variations. NOTWITHSTANDING its wide range this species is not
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . n, Birds of Damara-Land, p. 262). It appears to be nearest related to C. bicinctus. Young in first plumage are unknown,nor has any description of its habits been published. CURSORIUS CHALCOPTERUS. BRONZE-WINGED COURSER. Diagnosis. Cursorius supracauclalibus albis : secimdariarum parte basali alba, parte terminali nigra : primariisbaud albo subterminali maculatis : (in adult.) rernigum nigraruni terminis iridescentibus. Variations. NOTWITHSTANDING its wide range this species is not known to vary. Synonymy. Cursorius cbalcopterus, Temminck, PL Col. no. 298 (1824). Cursor chalcopterus (Temm.), Wagler, Syst. Av. Gen. p. 81 (1827).Tachydromus cbalcopterus [Temm.), Swainson, Birds W. Africa, ii. p. 233 (1837).Rhinoptilus cbalcopterus {Temm.), Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. superciliaris, Heuglin, Journ. Orn. 1865, p. 98. Literature. Plates.—Temm. PL Col. no. 298 ; Gray, Genera of Birds, hi. pi. cxliii. Habits.—Sharpe, Layards Birds S. Africa, p. — J lilii A2L CURSORIUS BITORQUATUS JERDOtfS COURSER. HanK^Lrt imp . CUKSOKITJS. 247 The Bronze-winged Courser, when adult, may be easily recognized by the tips of itsprimaries being bronzed for about half an inch with green and red. The metallic coloursappear on the primaries before the last traces of down have been lost by the young birds,who must consequently moult their quills in their first autumn. In order to make thediagnosis cover the young in first plumage, other characters must be employed. Uppertail-coverts white, excludes five species ; secondaries black with white bases, disposes of threemore; leaving only C. bitorquatus, which is easily excluded by the character ?io subterminalwhite patches on the primaries. This species has a wide range from Senegambia (Rochebrune, Faune de la Senegambie,p. 281) in the west, almost to the Red Sea (Finsch, Trans.
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