Class IL AUSTRIAN PRATINCOLE. Hi 



are rufous grey, growing paler towards the 

 vent ; the upper tail coverts of the same color ; 

 the quils and tail dusky ; the last much forked, 

 and tipped with grey on the inner web; the 

 outer web of the exterior feather white in the 

 whole of its length; the legs and bare space 

 above the knees are blood red. 



It inhabits Germany, and lives on worms 

 and aquatic insects ; visits France occasionally, 

 and is found eastward from the Caspian sea to 

 the river Irtish, but is not observed to the north 

 oflat. 5S. Ed. 



