GLAREOLA. 



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7. GLAREOLA. 



Type. 



(ilareola, Brianon, Orn. v. p. 141 (17(50) G. pratincola. 



Trachelia, Scop. Ann. 1. p. 110 (176SJ) G. pratincola. 



Pratincola (nt-c Koch), Der/l. Orn. Eur. ii. p. 107 



(1843) ' G. pratincola. 



Dromochelidon, Landb. Jahresb. Ver. Nat. Wiirttemb. 



1846, p. 212 G. pratincola. 



Fig. 7. — Left foot of Glareola orientals (from the outside). 



Fig. 8. — Middle claw of right foot (from inner side) to show the pectination 

 (enlarged). 



Range. Africa and Madagascar ; Southern Europe, eastwards to 

 Central Asia, India, the Burmese countries, China ; south through 

 the Moluccas to Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Axillavies chestnut. 



a'. Tail greatly forked ; secondaries broadly 



tipped with white pratincola, p. 53. 



b'. Tail less forked ; secondaries not tipped 



with white orientalis, p. 58. 



b. Axillaries black like the under wing-coverts. . melanoptera, p. 51 



1. Glareola pratincola. 



Le Perdrix-de-Mer, Briss. Orn. v. p. 141, pi. xii. fig. 1 (1760); 



VAubent. PL Enl. viii. pi. 882. (fig. pess.) ; Buff. Hi*t. Nat. Ois. 



vii. p. 542 (1780). 

 Le Perdrix-de-Mer 1 collier. Brim. t. c. p. 145 ; Buff. His*. Nat. Oil. 



vii. p. 646 (1780). 

 Le Perdrix-de-Mer tachetee, Briss. t. e. p. 147. 

 Le Perdrix-de-Mer da Senegal, Briss. t.e. p. 1 18. 

 Hirnndo pratincola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 845 1 1766), 

 Tringa fusca, Linn. 9yst. Nat. i. p. 252 ( 1 7t >»'•. w Briss.). 

 Trachelia pratincola, Scop. Ann. I. p. 110 (1769). 



