. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. O. somalensis. C. bicinctus. CURSORIUS SOMALENSIS. SOMALI C0VR8EE. (Plate XL) CuEsoRius axillaribus supracaudalibusque isabellinis. No local races of this species are known. Diagnosis. Variations, Cursorius gallicus somalensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 415. Cursorius somalensis, Shelley, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 116. Synonymy. Plates.—Unfigured. Habits.—Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1885, p. 416. Eggs.—Unknown. Literature. The Somali Courser is a good species, which may be diag


. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. O. somalensis. C. bicinctus. CURSORIUS SOMALENSIS. SOMALI C0VR8EE. (Plate XL) CuEsoRius axillaribus supracaudalibusque isabellinis. No local races of this species are known. Diagnosis. Variations, Cursorius gallicus somalensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 415. Cursorius somalensis, Shelley, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 116. Synonymy. Plates.—Unfigured. Habits.—Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1885, p. 416. Eggs.—Unknown. Literature. The Somali Courser is a good species, which may be diagnosed as having the kind Specific head slate-grey (like C. gallicus and C. rufus), but the axillaries and innermost under wing- ^'^'*^^'^*®^^- coverts greyish huff (instead of nearly black). It further differs from C. gallicus in the. 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 Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London : H. Sotheran


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