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GLAREOLA GRALLARIA. 



LONG-LEGGED PRATINCOLE. 



Glareola tarso longo (40 ad 50 millim.; : axillaribus nigris : secundariis omnino brunneis : cauda Diagnosis. 

 vix furcate. 



It is not known that this species varies in any way. 



Variations. 



Glareola isabellaj Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 221 (1817). 

 Glareola grallaria, Temminck, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 503 (1820). 

 Glareola australis, Leach, Trans. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 132 (1820). 

 Stiltia grallaria {Temm.), Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 419 (1856). 

 Stiltia Isabella (VieilL), Salvadori, Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 286 (1882). 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 22. 

 Habits. — Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 243. 

 Eggs. — Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 54. 



Literature. 



The Long-legged Pratincole is easily distinguished by its cheshmt fanh, lovff tarsi Specific 



(1-6 to 1"9 inch), and lony first primary (an inch or more longer than the second). Each 



characters. 



