132 Dr. Leach on three Species of the Genus Glareola. 



Habitat in Europa australi ; rarior in Helvetia et in Gallia bo- 



reali ; rarissime in Hollanclia et Anglia. 

 Color in junioribus cinereus rufescente nigroque varius ; cauda 



nigra rufo terminata ; gula violascente-rufa ; venter albus ; 



rostrum pallide rufescens. 

 Axillae in adultis rufae. 



The young bird described above was killed near Aries in the 

 South of France by Baron de Laugier, who deposited it in the 

 Jardin des Plantes. In this state there is no black surrounding 

 the spot on the throat. 



Spec. 2. Glareola orientalis*. 



G. cinereo-fuscescens, ventre caudaque albis ; hac ad apicem 



nigra, gula nigro irregulariter circumdata, rostro nigro. 



Tab. XIII. Fig. 1. Mas. Fig. 2. Fcem. 



Habitat in Java. 



Mus. Hist. Nat. Gall. <?, ? . 



Remiges nigra? . Venter maris antice rufescens ; fceminae albidus. 



Gula rufescens in mare, albida in foemina. Humeri in adultio- 



ribus albo-notati. 



** Cauda truncata. 



Spec. 3. Glareola australis. 

 G. rufescente-flavida, caud& uropygioque albis ; ilia fascia supra 

 nigra, gula pallidiore, cruribus ventreque fascia abdominali 

 runs, rostro testaceo ad apicem nigro. 



Tab. XIV. Fig. 1. Ma*. Fig. 2. Faim. 

 Habitat in Australasia. 

 Mus. Hist. Nat. Gall. <? , ? . 



It is probable that Glareola Isabella of Vieillot (Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat. xiii. 221.) belongs to this second division of the genus. 



# I observed in the museum of the Jardin des Plantes a specimen of a bird from 

 China very nearly allied to G. orientalis, but differing in having the mark on the throat 

 and the anterior part of the belly paler in colour. 



XIV. Sy- 



