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of the hind toe ; and from the other bh-ds of the 

 order by the shape of the body, which is compressed 

 and flatted on its sides : many of them are excellent 

 swimmers, but they fly indifferently. 



GENUS CCCLIV.— PARRA, Linne. JACANA. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 262. 



GENUS CCCLV.— PALAMEDEA, Latham. SCREAMER. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 277- 



GENUS CCCLVL— CHAUNA, Illiger. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. I. p. 271. 



GENUS CCCLVII.—GLAREOLA, Brisson, PRATINCOLE. 



Trachelia, Scopoli, 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. x. p. 135. 



A. Cauda furcata. 



A. With the tail forked. 



Sp. 1. Gl. Pratincola. Linn. Trans. {Leach.) v. xiii. jo. 131. 

 Gl. Pratincola. Steph. v. x. p. 136. — Gl. senegalensis. Steph. 



v.x.p. 138. — Gl. neevia. Steph. v. s..p. 139.; young. — Britain 



and the old world. 

 Sp. 2. Gl. orientalis. Linn. Trans. {Leach.) v. 'Kui. p. I32.pl. 13. 



male and female. 

 Gl. cinereo-Jiiscescens, ventre cauddque albis; hac ad apicem 



nigra; guld nigro irregulariter circumdata; rostro 7iigro. 

 Ashy-brown Pratincole with the belly and tail white, the latter 



black towards the tip; the throat irregularly bounded by 



black; the beak black. 



Inhabits Java. Quills black : the belly of the 

 male in front rufescent ; of the female whitish : the 



