1919-] Birds of the Canary Inlands. 727 



Family Glareolid^. 



Glareola pratincola pratincola. Collared Pratincole. 



Hirundo pratincola Linn. Syst. Nat. 12tli ed. 1766, p. 345 

 — Type locality : Austria. 



The Collared Pratincole must l)e termed an Occasional 

 Visitor, as it cannot be said to occur regularly in the islands. 

 It is distinctly a rare bird in the western islands and has 

 been recorded on two occasions only from Tenerife. 



(fl) Meade-Waldo during his stay from October 1887 



to June 1891 saw only three birds (Ibis, 1889, 



p. 4 ; 1893, p. 202). 

 (h) Cabrera shot a single specimen in the spring of 1889 



in the Barranco de la Montana de Guerra (Catalogo, 



p. 55;. 



I am inclined to believe the Collared Pratincole occurs 

 more often than is generally sup[)osed in the eastern group, 

 but I have the following records only : — 



(e) Polatzek "saw some on migration in Fuerteventura^' 



(Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 127). 

 {d) Von Thaniier records one of four which was killed 



at Arrecife, Lauzarote, on the 7th of May, 1913 



(Orn. Jahrb. 1913, p. 189). 

 [a) A specimen (ideutitied by myselt) in the Gonzalez 



collection at Arrecife, which had been shot close 



to that town (Ibis, 1914, p. 63). 

 (/) Two l)irds ( S ? with sexual organs small) shot by 



myself near Arrecife, Lanzarote, on the wide plain 



bounded by the sea, south of the town. This 



was on the 22nd of May, 1913, and a very 



high wind was blowing at the time (Ibis, 1914-, 



pp. 58, 279). 



Range. The Collared Pratincole inhabits the countries of 

 southern Europe, extending eastwards to Indiii. It migrates 

 southwards, wintering in Africa. 



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