164 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. Summer-resident (April-Oct.), some 

 winter Devon and Cornwall, and occasional elsewhere. Breeds 

 Yorks. (now two localities only, York moors and wolds), Lines., 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex (one locality), Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hants., 

 Dorset, Wilts., Berks., Oxon., Herts, (not Beds, since 1890) and 

 Cambs. Elsewhere vagrant. Very rare Wales and north. Scotland 

 and Ireland. Rare vagrant. Two Scotland St. Andrews (Fife), 

 Jan., 1858, Dumbarton, Aug., 1897. Ten Ireland, autumn to March. 

 Clare, Waterford, Wexford, Dublin (5), Antrim and one without 

 data. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Central and south Europe, east at least 

 to the Ural and Caspian. Partially migratory, wintering in north- 

 east Africa and Mediterranean countries. Replaced by allied races 

 in north-west Africa and Asia, and by others in various parts of 

 Africa. 



CURSORIUS GALLICUS 



353. Cursorius gallicus gallicus (Gm..) THE CREAM- 

 COLOURED COURSER. 



CHARADRIUS GALLICUS Gmelm, Syst. Nat. i, ii, p. 692 (1789 France). 

 Cursorius gallicus (Gmelin), Yarrell, in, p. 238 ; Saunders, p. 533. 



DISTRIBUTION. Great Britain. Rare vagrant. About twenty 

 England, tw r o Wales, one Scotland. Chiefly Oct. to Dec., but a pair 

 May 5, 1911, Sussex. Has been recorded Northumberland, Yorks., 

 Lines., Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Middlesex, Hants., Wilts., Dorset, 

 Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Leicester, Cumberland, Cardigan, 

 " North Wales " and Lanark. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Deserts of north Africa, west to Canary 

 and Cape Verde Islands, occasionally met with in south Europe, and 

 as far north as Heligoland, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and France. 

 Exact limit to the east uncertain. Replaced by allied races in 

 Somaliland, the Dahlak Islands in Red Sea, Transcaspia and other 

 parts of Asia. 



GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA* 



354. Glareola pratincola pratincola (L.) THE PRATIN- 

 COLE. 



HIRUNDO PRATINCOLA Linnanis, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, i, p. 345 (1766 



S. Europe and Austria). 



Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus), Yarrell, in, p. 231 ; Saimders, p. 531. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Rare vagrant. Over twenty Eng- 

 land, one Wales, three Scotland, one doubtful Ireland. Has been 



* The name "/usca" has been adopted erroneously. The description en 

 which it is based does not refer to this Pratincole. E.H. 



