cursor I us

[Lat. adj. pertaining to a racecourse.] Ornith.: A genus of Charadriade, the typical one of the family Cursorine. The bill is as long as the head, the mandibles arched, the base depre ed, the extremities compre ed, the tip sharp and entire, the nostrils basal, the first quill the longest, the legs long, three front toes without webs, the middle one the longest and with a serrated claw. Cursor i us Temminckii, or Is a bell in us, is the Black bellied Courier, or Cream-colored Courser, called by Selby the Cream-colored Swift-foot. It is of a creamy brown, the top of the head and the breast ferruginous, a double collar the upper white, the lower black-on the back of the head, middle of the body black, the sides white. Length, including the bill, 8 inches, legs, 3 inches. Its native country is Africa, especially Aby in i a.