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ratus for flight in the swallows, or in the palmipedes 

 of the high seas. Linnaeus, in his twelfth edition, has 

 arranged the common species in the genus hirundo. 

 Their legs are of moderate height ; the tarsi, scaled; 

 the external toes, a little palmated ; and the thumb 

 touches the ground. They fly in flocks, uttering 

 cries, near the banks of waters ; worms and aquatic 

 insects constitute their food, 



The species of Europe, 



Austrian Pratincole. Glareola Austriaca, Gm. En. 

 882. Glareola Pratincohy Leach. Lin. Trans, xiii. 

 pi. xii. Naum. 29. f. 59. 



Is brown, above; white, underneath and on the 

 rump ; the throat is surrounded with a black circle ; 

 the base of the bill and the feet are reddish. It 

 appears to be found in all the northern parts of the 

 ancient world. 



The Glareola Torquata^ Temm. Glareola Ncevia^ 

 Gm. is the young of the common species. See Leach, 

 Lin. Trans, xiii. pi. xii. f. 2. 



Australasian Pratincole. Glar. Australis, Leach, 

 loc. cit. pi. xiv. or Glar. Isabella, Vieill. 

 Gal. 263. 



Plumage above and breast, light rufous ; throat and 

 upper tail-coverts, white ; belly, bright-chestnut ; 

 quills and under wing-coverts, black. Australasia. 

 The Glar. Grallaria of Temm. 



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