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Glareola pratincola pratincola (!..). Pratincole. Fr. 

 rcicliix dc mcr ; Go: liraclischwall)C ; Ifal. Pcrnicc di marc. 



^ "J Above grey brown, tail coverts white ; throat salmon 

 bufT encircled by black collar ; breast buff, abdomen white, under 

 wing coverts and axillaries chestnut at all ages. Bill black, red at 

 base. Legs and feet dark brown. Wing $ 190-202, $ 187-195. 

 Tarsus 30-33. Billii-13. 



Breeds. — N. Africa, S. Spain and Portugal, S. France 

 (irregular), Italy (rare), Sicily (few), Hungary, Lower Danube, 

 Balkan Peninsula, Greece, S. Russia north to Riazan and Ural ; 

 and in S.W. Asia. Migratory ; winters in Africa. Rare visitor 

 in Europe outside breeding range. Casual in Britain. 



Glareola nordmanni Nordmann. 



Like "pratincola" l)ut darker above and under wing coverts 

 and axillaries black. Wing 194-205 (H.). 



Breeds. — Dobrudscha, S, Russia north to Riazan and Orenburg ; 

 also W. Asia. Migratory ; occurs on passage S.W^. Asia and 

 Egypt. Winters W^ and S. Africa. Rare visitor Norway, 

 England, Hungary, Italy, Sicily, Tunisia. 



CHARADRIIDJE. 



Nostrils lie in a groove; legs long; wings long and 

 pointed ; swift runners, gregarious ; little or no nest on ground ; 

 eggs pear-shaped; food, insects, worms, molluscs, etc. 



Charadrius. 



No hind toe; blunt knob on bend of wing; tarsus witb 

 hexagonal scales; bill short and straight; outer and middle 

 toes united at base by membrane (in "semipalmatus" also 

 inner and middle toes.) 



Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula L. Rinced Plover. 

 Fr. Pluvier ?i collier; (}er. Halsbandregenpfcifer ; /A//. Corriere 

 grosso ; Sived. Storre-Strandpipare. 



^ 9 adult. Greyish brown ; forehead white ; forecrown, face, 

 forebreast, and fore part of back black ; throat, collar, breast, 

 and abdomen vvhite ; shaft of each primary in part white, outer 



