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CTR80RIID.S:. 



Ibis, 1874, p. 388 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 347 (Transvaal) : Bogd. 

 B. Cauc. p. 153 (1879): Jlohib § Von Pet. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. 

 p. 241 (1882) ; Badde, Orn. Cauc. pp. 44, 422 (1884 : breeding). 

 Glareola pallasi, Bruch, MSS. in Mia. MogtaO.', 8ckl Rev. Cnt. 

 pp. lxxxi, 94 (1844); Frwatdtafy, Ares Hung. p. 124 (1891); 

 Madardsz, ErUiut. Ausst. Ungear. Vog. p. 104 (1891). 



Adult. Similar to G. pratincola, but easily distinguished by its 

 black axillaries and under wing-coverts ; the under surface paler 

 than in G. pratincola. the throat having scarcely any ochreous 

 colour : " bill black, with the base and the edges of the mandible 

 red; feet dusky" (T. Ayres)', "iris dark hazel" (T. E. Buckley). 

 Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 76, tail 3'25, tarsus 1*5. 



Hah. S.E. Europe, especially the Volga and lowlands of the 

 Caucasus, as far west as the Dobrudscha and even Hungary. Win- 

 tering in Africa. 



a. $ ad. sk. Constantinople, July 



Pearce). 



b, c. Ad. sk. River Volga. 



d. Ad. st. Altai Mountains. 



e. J ad. sk. Maiterek, Turkestan, June 4 



(Dr. 0. FtTUseh). 



f. cS ad. sk. Irgis River, May 18 (. 1/iw. 



1'rtrof).). 



g. Inim. sk. Calabar River, W. Africa. 

 h. Ad. st. South Africa. 



». Ad. st. South Africa. 



k. Ad. sk. South Africa. 



/. Ad. sk. South Africa. 



m. Jad.sk. Damara-land (C. J. Anders- 



n, o. Ad. sk. Damara-land ( C. J. Anders- 



son) . 



P,q. Jad.sk. Transvaal, Dec. 8 (7". E. 



Buckley). 



r. Ad. sk. Transvaal (T. Ayres). 



s. Ad.sk. Marico, Eastern Transvaal 



t, u. cS 2 *d> s k- Branslow's Farm, Transvaal, 

 Dec. 8 (F. Oates). 



v. d ad. sk. Potchefetroom, Dec. (T. 



Ayres). 



W. 2 a( l- $ k- Grahanistown. 



X. $ ad. sk. Queenstown, S.E. Africa 



(T. C. At more). 



(C. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Mr. Brandt. 

 Geogr. Soc. Bremen. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Dr. Alex. Smith [C.]. 



General Hardwicke. 



Purchased. 



Earl of Derby [P.]. 



Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



W.E.&C.G. Oates, 



Eaqrs. [P.]. 

 Gurney Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



3. Glareola orientalis. 



Perdrix de Mer, Sonn. Voy. Ind. Orient, ii. p. 216 (1782V 



Maldivian Pratincole, Lath. Gen. Si/n. iii. pt l.p. 224 (1785). 



Coromandel Pratincole. Lath. t.c. p. 224 (1785). 



Madras Pratincole, Lath. t. c. p. 224 (1785). 



Glareola orientalis, Leach. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 132, pi. xiii. 

 S 2 (1820 : Java) ; Llorsf. t. c. p. 187 (1821) ; Less. Traite, 

 p. 541 (1831); id. Oompl Buff., Ois. p. 065 (1838); Gray, 



