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wing between greater and lesser coverts ; tail-feathers very pale 
brown, mottled and variegated with darker brown, and tipped 
(except central pair) with black ; outermost rectrices white at 
bases ; under parts whitish, shading into buff at the vent ; 
moustachial region, chest and sides of body conspicuously 
streaked with dark brown ,; bill pale yellow, or greenish-yellow 
at base, apical half black ; legs, feet and irides yellow. Length 
about 13°5 inches; culmen 1°43; wing 9; tail 4°5 ; tarsus 2°75. 
Adult (Winter): Resembles the summer plumage in 
general arrangements of colour, but the markings throughout 
are clearer, bolder, and the general effect brighter. | 
Young in first plumage: Very nearly resemble adults in 
summer, but are smaller, somewhat duller above, the marking 
both above and beneath less conspicuous, and the central 
rectrices barred to their bases. 
Distribution: Inhabits temperate Europe, Northern 
Africa and South-western Asia. 
Habitat: Barren plains, heaths, and open corn-land. 
Family GLAREOLIDA. 
Genus GLAREOLA. 
PEA TINC OL E; 
Glareola pratincola Lenn. 
Adult: Above olive-brown, shaded on head and nape with 
sandy-buff; wing-quills and greater coverts blackish ;  tail- 
coverts and tail white, the latter having a broad dark brown 
terminal band; chin and throat buff, encircled by a narrow 
black band; lores black; chest pale sandy-brown, laterally 
clouded with brown; axillaries and under wing-coverts chest- 
nut ; rest of under parts white; bill black, reddish at base; 
legs, feet and irides dark brown. Length 9g to ro inches ; 
culmen 0°5 ; wing 7°5 to 7°7; tail 4°75 ; tarsus 1°2. 
Young in first plumage: Feathers of upper parts subter- 
minally marked with blackish-brown, and many white tipped ; 
tail-feathers margined at tips with whitish, and outer ones 
much shorter than in adults; under parts dirty buffish-white, 
becoming purer white towards vent ; throat-ring only apparent 
