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GLAEEOLA. 



GLAREOLA OCULARIS. 



MABAGASCAB PBATINCOLE. 



Diagnosis. Glareola axillaribus castaneis : rectricum pogoniis externis nigro marginatis. 



S5'non3-my. 



literature. 



Specific 



characters. 



Variations. ]\Tq ^ogal races of this species are known. 



Glareola ocularis, Verreaux, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1833, p. 80. 

 Glareola geofFroyi, Pucheran, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 51. 



Plates. — Grandidier, Ois. Madag. pi. 256. 

 Habits. — Rocli and Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 169. 

 Eggs. — Grandidier, Ois. Madag. pi. 306. fig. 7. 



The Madagascar Pratincole may be distinguished at all ages by its chestnut aa'iJIaries, 

 and by the black margin of the outer web of most of its tail-feathers. It is the only large 

 Pratincole possessing the latter character. All the small Pratincoles which possess it 

 have also a white or buff nuchal collar, of which there is no trace in the Madagascar species. 



