NOTES. 267 



Hoping to see the specimen myself and to make quite certain 

 of its identity, I have delayed publication of the occurrence. 

 Meanwhile, however, the bird has been examined by Dr. 

 Steward and Mr. Riley Fortune, who identified it as the'JJlack- 

 winged Pratincole {Glareola melanoptera) , and the latter has 

 published the following particulars of it in the "Naturalist" 

 (1909, p. 372) : — " It differs distinctly from Glareola pralincola 



Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola melanoptera) shot near Northallerton. 

 Yorkshire, on August 17th, 1909. 



in the secondaries not being tipped with white, and in having 

 the under wing-coverts and axillaries jet black instead of 

 chestnut. The specimen resembles the figure of the bird of 

 the year in Dresser's " Birds of Europe," with the exception 

 of having the dark bridle-like marking round the throat, 

 though this is not nearly so conspicuous as in the adult 

 plumage of G. pratincola." 



There seems no doubt therefore that this bird is an 

 example of Glareola melanoptera, a species nearly allied to 

 the Collared Pratincole and with a more eastern range. It 



