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PRATINCOLE. 



COLLARED PRATINCOLE. AUSTRIAN PRATINCOLE. 



PLATE CXLVIII. 



Glareola forqunffi, METER. 



Glareola Austriaca, LATHAM. 



Hi)undo marina, RAT. 



Hirundo Pratincole/, LlNKj;us. 



A SLIGHT depression in the soil serves for a nest, or it is placed, 

 Selby says, among rushes or other thick herbage. Many nests are 

 often made not far from each other. 



The eggs, four in number, are spotted with brown. 



One is of a light greenish ground, marked all over with brown spots, 

 many of them run together in waved streaks. 



A second is of a very light greyish green ground, irregularly marked 

 over with darker and lighter brown spots and waves. 



A third is of a pale yellowish green ground, with larger and smaller 

 dark and light brown markings. 



A fourth has a rich dark green ground, marked all over with dark 

 blackish brown marks, spots, and streaks. 



A fifth is a dull greenish brown ground, much marked and blotted 

 all over with dark and light brown. 



A sixth is a light dull yellowish green ground, thickly spotted, 

 streaked, and marked all over with large and small dark brown spots 

 and blots, more towards the larger end. 



A seventh is of yellowish grey ground, marked all over with dark 

 brown, yellowish green, and grey streaks and spots. 



An eighth is a light yellowish grey ground, handsomely spotted all 

 over with larger dark brown and smaller grey and yellowish spots. 

 VOL. n. u 



