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AUSTRIAN PRATINCOLE. 

 (Glareola austriaca.) 



GL. griseo-jusca subtus rufo-alba, linea gulari incurvata nigra, 

 rectricibus quatuor exterioribus basi albis. 



Grey brown Pratincole, beneath reddish white, with an in- 

 curved black line on the throat, and the base of the foux* 

 outer tail-feathers white. 



Hirundo Pratincola. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 345. 12. Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 695. 1. 



Glareola austriaca. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. *753. 1. 



Glareola. , Briss. Orn. 5. p. 141. t. 12. f. 1. 



La Perdrix de mer. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 544. Buff. PL 

 Enl. 882. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2l6. 



Austrian Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 222. pi. 85. Lin. 

 Trans. g. lQ8.Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 



La Perdrix de mer & collier. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 546. 



Collared Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 223. 



Maldivian Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 224. 



Coromandel Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 224. 



Madras Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 225. 



THIS variable bird is the size of a Blackbird, 

 being in length about ten inches : beak short and 

 black; the base of the under mandible and corners 

 of the mouth bright red : upper parts of the plum- 

 age grey brown ; the crown and the back of the 

 neck with a rufous tinge ; the back and scapulars 

 with a slight green bronzed reflection : wings 

 very long, with their primary quills dusky brown ; 

 the secondaries paler, tipped with white ; the 

 tertials and coverts like the scapulars : under 

 parts of the body, rump, and tail-coverts, white : 



