. The birds of Dorsetshire; a contribution to the natural history of the county. Birds. PLOVERS. 79 direction of Christchurch (J. C. Dale); and a third was seen by the late Mr. W. Thompson in November 1855, flying over the Weymouth Backwater. Fam. :. CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. Cursonus galliras (Giiielin). Y'O-reU, iii. p. 238; Hnrting, p. 131 ; Dresser, vii. p. 425; See- hohni, iii. p. 63 ; Ibis List, p. The Cream-coloured Courser is a rare and acci- dental straggler. The present Lord Digby, when following the hounds in the year 1853, observed one on Batcombe Down, and the next


. The birds of Dorsetshire; a contribution to the natural history of the county. Birds. PLOVERS. 79 direction of Christchurch (J. C. Dale); and a third was seen by the late Mr. W. Thompson in November 1855, flying over the Weymouth Backwater. Fam. :. CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. Cursonus galliras (Giiielin). Y'O-reU, iii. p. 238; Hnrting, p. 131 ; Dresser, vii. p. 425; See- hohni, iii. p. 63 ; Ibis List, p. The Cream-coloured Courser is a rare and acci- dental straggler. The present Lord Digby, when following the hounds in the year 1853, observed one on Batcombe Down, and the next day the Earl of Ilchester sent his keeper A"\\alton, who found and shot it. It is now preserved in the Melbury col- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mansel-Pleydell, John Clavell, 1817-1902. London, R. H. Porter; [etc. , etc.


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