CURSORIUS. — OLAREOLA. 207 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 34; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 533. 



Gallicus = of the Gauls. Gmelin seems to have thouglit the bird only 

 occurred in France. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An Occasional Visitor. 

 About, twenty have been recorded in England, chiefly from 

 the eastern and southern counties from Northumberland to 

 Kent and westwards to Cornwall ; it has also occurred in 

 Leicestershire and Cumberland, twice in Wales, and once 

 in Scotland. In Ireland it has not been met with. 



General Distribution. — The Cream-coloured Courser breeds 

 in the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, the desert 

 countries of north Africa, Arabia, Persia, and Afghanistan, 

 ranging in winter to north-west India. It visits southern 

 Europe occasionally, and has occuri-ed as far west as France, 

 Belgium, Holland, Germany, Heligoland, and Finland. It 

 is represented by an allied form in Somaliland. 



Family GLAREOLIDiE. 



Genu? GLAREOLA Brisson, Orn. v. 1760, p. 141, 

 Type : G- pratincola (Linn.). 



Glareola = a diminutive from gldrea = gi-avel, from the fact of the bird 

 haunting gravelly places. 



Glareola pratincola. Collared Pratincole. 



HirundO pratincola Linnwus, Syst. Nat. 12tb ed. i. 

 1766, p. 345 : Austria. 



Glareola pratincola (Linn.) ; B. 0. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 155 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 53 ; Satinders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 531. 



Pri'itinn'jla, from jm'itnm = a. meadow, and incola — an inhabitant. From 

 the birds frequenting the open meadows of Austria (Kramer, Elench. Veg. et 

 Anim. per Au.striam obs, 1750, p. 381). 



