178 MUSCICiriDJE. 



outer web ; the secondaries white at base, forming a speculum ; inner 

 secondaries externally margined with whity brown ; tail-feathers 

 brown, edged with lighter brown, slightlj' tipped with white, the 

 outermost feather white on the outer web ; an indistinct mark of 

 whitish on the forehead ; lores and sides of face brown with whitish 

 shaft-lines ; throat dull whitish ; breast brown with a rusty shade ; 

 remainder of under surface ashy brown, the lower abdomen and vent 

 white ; under tail-coverts brown, tipped with white ; thighs brown, 

 edged with white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries brown with 

 olive-brown edgings, the latter conspicuously white near the base of 

 the outer web; quills dull brown below, white at the base of the 

 secondaries; "bill, feet, and iris blackish brown " (GohW). Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen 0"65, wing 3'65, tail 2'9, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Like the male {Gould). 



Younr/. Yery dark brown above, striated with deep buff; beneath 

 mottled brown and buffy white, the latter colour occuppng the 

 centre of the feathers (Go^dd). 



Hah. Tasmania. Mr. Eamsay (I. c.) says South Australia also, 



a. Ad. sk. Tasmania. J. Goidd, Esq. [0.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Tasmania. Ronald Gunu, Esq. 



c. Ad. st. Tasmania. Ronald Gunn, Esq. 



m. 



12. PRATINCOLA. 



Type. 



Pratincola, Koch, Syst. d. Baier. Zool. p. 190 (1816) P. nibetra. 



Curruca, Leach, Cat. 3Iamm. ^-c. Brit. Miis. p. 25 (1816) P. rubetra. 



Fruticicola, Macqill. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 271 (1839) P. rubetra. 



Rubetra; G. R. Gray, List Gen. B. p. 22 (1840) P. rubetra. 



Bill and wing of Pratincola caprata. 



Range. The whole of Europe, Asia, and Afi'ica, extending into 

 the Malayan archipelago as far as the island of Celebes. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Chin and sides of throat white ; chest orange- 

 rufous, extending in a triangular patch onto 

 the throat; primary -coverts white with 

 broxv^ tips; a broad white eyebrow; basal .^^^^^^.^ $ , p. 179. 

 two thirds of tail white | vwcrorhyncha,^. 182. 



