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 GENUS XVIII. 



GLAREOLA. 



Beak straight at the base, strong, compressed, and 

 incurved at the tip ; nostrils linear, and placed ob- 

 liquely ) gape very wide ; feet with four toes con- 

 nected together by a membrane at the base ; tail 

 forked, consisting of twelve feathers. 



1. AUSTRIACA ) AUSTRIAN 



HIRUNDO PRATINCOLA. Lin. j PRATINCOLE. 



G. griseo-fusca subtus rufo-alba, linea yulari incur- 

 vata nigra, rectricibus quatuor exterioribus basi 

 albis. Shaw. 



The bill is black, short, convex, or arched ; the 

 upper mandible pointed, slightly hooked, and longest; 

 under mandible at the base and corners of the mouth 

 coral red ; irides are light brown ; plumage above 

 brown, the crown of the head and neck are tinged 

 with rufous ; the throat is yellowish buff; from the 

 lower part of the eye originates a black line, which 

 passes round below the throat, and encircles that 

 part ; the lower part of the neck, and upper part of 

 the breast are buff; the sides of the rump and tail 

 coverts white ; the wings long ; the legs are long pur- 

 plish brown, bare above the knees. 



A bird of this species was shot near Liverpool, May 18th, 

 1804. Also in the isle of Uiist, by Mr. Bullock, see Lin. 

 Trans, vol. xi. 



