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GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA. THE COLLARED 

 PRATINCOLE. 



AUSTRIAN FRATJ.XC0LE. 



Fiu. 4. 



Tail deeply forked; icings nearly as long ; tipper parts 

 greyish-brown; tail-coverts white; throat pale reddish-yellow, 

 margined with two narrow bands, the inner tohite, the outer 

 Mack; lower wing-coverts deep brownish-red. 



Hirundo Pratincola. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 345. 



Glareola austriaca. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 753. 



Glareola torquata. Austrian Pratincole. Flem. Brit. Anim. 94. 



Austrian Pratincole. Mont. Ornith. Diet. Supplt. 



Glareole a collier. Glareola torquata. Temni. Man. d'Ornith. II. 500. 



Collared Pratincole. Glareola torquata. Selby, Illustr. Brit. Ornith. II. 21 3. 



Glareola Pratincola. Collared Pratincole. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 216. 



Glareola Pratincola. Bonap. Comp. List. 45. 



Male. — The Collared Pratincole is about the size of the 

 Dotterel Plover, and in form bears a considerable resem- 

 blance to a Swallow. Its body is compact; the neck rather 



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