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COLLARED PRATINCOLE. 



Glareola torquata. 

 PLATE XXVII. 



Hirundo marina, Meyer. H. pratincola, Zzww. Glareola 



Austriaca, Lath Glareola torquata, Selby, Gould, $c.~ 



Glareole a collier, Temm Collared or Austrian Pratin- 

 cole of British author?, 



SEVEN or eight specimens of this curious bird are 

 ascertained to have heen killed in Britain, all of 

 them in England, with the exception of the second, 

 shot in Orkney by Mr. Bullock. No other instance 

 has occurred in Scotland, nor is notice taken of it in 

 Mr. Thompson's Lists. On the continent it appears 

 also only as a straggler, and it has been received 

 from some parts of Africa; Mr. Yarrell mentions 

 having seen specimens both from Tangier s and Tri- 

 poli. In habits they are described as possessing 

 great powers of flight, as well as being able to run 

 with swiftness and activity ; they are insectivorous. 

 Mr. Bullock's specimen was shot in the act of catch- 

 ing flies, and it is stated, that " like the sand- 

 pipers, it runs with the greatest rapidity when on 

 the ground, or in shallow water, in pursuit of food. 



