GLAREOLA. 



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Glateola Pratincola. 



Glareola pratincola, Linn. Si/f^t. Nat. i. 345, P. E. 882; Naum. 

 vogt. t. 234; Gould. B. E. pi. 2G5 ; Leach. ; Ijinn. Trans, xiii. pi. 12, 

 1,2 ; Str. F. vol. viii. p. 371; Murray, Ildhk., Zool., S,-c., Siiid, p. 207. 

 Glareola torquata, Meyer, ii. 404. — The Collared Pratincola. 



Head, nape, back, scapulars and wing-.coverts greyisli browii ; 

 throat and front of the neck white, slightly tinged ferruginous, encircled 

 by a narrow black band from the base of the bill ; lores black ; breast 

 whitish brown ; under wing-coverts chestnut; lower surface o£ the 

 body white, tinged with reddish ; upper and under tail-coverts white ; 

 tail forked, basally white, tipped with dark brown ; bill black, red 

 at the gape; irides red brown. 



Jjenfjth. — 9 inches, wing 6*75 to 7. 



Hid). — Sind, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan and the Deccan. Breeds 

 in Sind ; eggs similar to those of G. orientalis. 



Glareola lactea, Tem. P. G. 399; Jerd. B. I»(7.iii.p. G32; Str.F. 

 iii. p. 179; Alarray, Hdbk., ZooL, Sfc, Sind, p. 208, — The Small 

 Swallow Plover. 



Forehead, crown, back, scajiulars and wing-coverts pale earthy or 

 grey brown, orbital feathers white; chin, throat and breast much paler 

 than the back ; lower abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts white ; tail 

 ])asally white, the central feathers broadly dark bi'own subterminally and 

 tipped with white; the lateral or outer ones on each side narrowly tipped 

 with dark brown, and edged with white; upper tail-coverts white; 

 primaries dark brown, the first 3 — 4 distinctly white shafted and 

 basally whitish on their inner webs ; secondaries whij;e, broadly 

 edged on their outer webs and at the tip with brown ; primary coverts 

 dark brown, also the under wing-coverts; bill black; gape reddish; 

 irides deep brown. 



Length. — 6"5 to 6"75 inches, wing 5'5 to 5"75, tail 2 to 2'06, bill at 

 front 0"37, at gape 0'56. 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces and the Deocan, affecting the 

 same situations as the last. 



