582 GLAREOLID^E. 



Vert. Z')ol.* Sind. p. 223. Glareola torquata, Meyer, ii. 404. The COLLARED 

 PRATINCOL E. 



Glareola pratincola. 



Head, nape, back, scapulars and wing coverts greyish brown ; 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 of 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. 



Length. Q inches ; wing 6*75 to 7. 



Hab. Sind, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan and the Deccan. Breeds in Sind ; 

 eggs similar to those of G. orientalis. 



1255. Glareola lactea, Tern., PI. Co!. 399 ; Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 632 ; 

 Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 568 ; Str. F. iii. p. 179 ; Blyth, B. Burm. 

 p. 154 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 112 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 984 ; Oates, Sir. F. 

 x. p. 237 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 363 ; Murray^ Hdbk., Zool., fyc., Sind, 

 p. 208 ; id. t Vert ZooL Sind, p. 223. The SMALL SWALLOW PLOVER, 



Forehead, crown, back, scapulars 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 basally white, 

 the central feathers broadly dark brown 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 white, 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. &$ to 675 inches; wing 5*5 to 5*75 ; tail 2 to 2-06; bill at front 

 0-37, at gape 0-56. 



Hab. Sind, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces and the Deccan, also British Burmah, 

 affecting the same situations as the last. Gates says that it is found abun- 



