216 AVES GRALLATORES. [GLARKOLA. 



broadly edged with reddish yellow ; wing-coverts black, tipped with 

 white; rump white, spotted with black. (Young of the year, before 

 the first moult.) "Occiput, and a streak over the eyes, dusky; nape, 

 back, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts, cinereous brown; the feathers 

 on the back and scapulars broadly edged with yellowish; rump white, 

 variegated with brown ; wing-coverts edged and tipped with yellowish 

 white ; tail cinereous brown, the middle feathers with a broad yellowish 

 edging : forehead, throat, sides and front of the neck, breast, and other 

 under parts, pure white: bill cinereous brown: feet greenish yellow." 

 TEMM. (Egg.) Stone-colour, tinged with green ; blotched and spotted 

 all over with blackish brown: long. diam. one inch two lines; trans, diam. 

 ten lines and a half. 



A rare and occasional visitant in this country, but has been killed 

 in several instances and in widely separated localities. Said to be not 

 uncommon in some seasons on the coast of Cornwall. Very abundant in 

 the arctic regions, arid in the eastern parts of Europe and Asia, where 

 it is supposed to breed. Inhabits the borders of rivers and large lakes. 

 Swims with great facility, and preys upon marine and other aquatic 

 insects. Obs. The Red Phalarope of Bewick is this species in summer 

 plumage. 



GEN. 82. GLAREOLA, Briss. 



214. G. Pratincola^ Leach. (Collared Pratincole.) 

 Above brown ; throat and front of the neck reddish white, 

 bounded by a black line : tail very much forked. 



G. Pratincola, Leach in Linn. Trans, vol. xin. p. 131. pi. 12. G. 

 torquata, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. u. p. 500. Collared Pratin- 

 cole, Selb. Illufit. vol. u. p. 213. parti, pi. 63. Austrian Pratincole, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. with fig. 



DIMENS. Entire length ten inches. MONT. 



DESCRIPT. (Adult.) All the upper parts brown, more or less inclining 

 to gray, occasionally with a reddish tinge on the crown and nape ; back 

 and scapulars with faint reflections of greenish bronze : throat and front 

 of the neck reddish or yellowish white, bounded by a black line pass- 

 ing upwards to the corners of the bill ; space between the bill and the 

 eye black ; breast clouded with brown ; under wing-coverts bright ferru- 

 ginous; belly, abdomen, upper and under tail-coverts, white, the two 

 former sometimes tinged with reddish: quills dusky brown: tail very 

 much forked, dusky, with more or less of white at the base : bill black, 

 the base reddish: irides reddish brown: eyes surrounded by a naked 

 red circle: legs rufous brown. (Young.) Upper parts cinereous brown, 

 shaded with brown of a darker tint; the feathers edged with reddish 

 white: throat whitish, the surrounding black line simply indicated by 

 a few spots: breast and belly deep gray, occasionally spotted with brown : 

 tail but little forked ; the outer feathers much shorter than in the adult 

 bird. Obs. This species is subject to considerable variation of plumage : 

 the colours are more or less intense even in individuals of the same age. 

 (Egg.) White: long. diam. one inch two lines; trans, diam. ten lines. 



This species, which is a native of some parts of Europe and Asia, must 

 in this country be regarded as an extremely rare and accidental visitant. 

 The first recorded British-killed specimen was shot near Liverpool on the 

 18th of May 1804, and is now in the collection of Lord Derby. A second 



