1^8 GLAEEOLA. 



second quills obliquely marked. Crown black, with buff median band. Primaries 

 with a white band. First primary white. (J. 841. B. 1424.) 



Also B. chalcopterus. 97". From Africa. 



R. albo/asciatus. 10". From S. Africa. 



With two bands across theforeneck. 

 R. hicinetus. &". From S. Africa. 

 M. bisignatus. 7-2". From E. Africa to S.W. Africa. 

 B. hartingi. 6-8". From Somaliland. 

 R. cinctvs. 9". From Upper White Nile. 

 B. seebohmi. 9". From S.W. Africa. 



Also the genus Stiltia. One species— ;S. Isabella, 9", from Australia, Celebes, and Moluccas, 

 as far as Java and Borneo. (B.M. Cat., xxiv. 43-52.) 



Subfamily Glaeeolin^e. 

 With a hind toe. 



Genus GLAREOLA. 



OlarSila—& diminutive from grZar&i= gravel, from its haunting gravelly places. 



Culmen much arched. Wings narrow, long, and pointed. First primary 

 longest. Nostrils basal, oblique, semi-tubular. Hind toe well developed. Mid 

 claw pectinated. Gape wide. Eesemble Swallows both in detail of structure and 

 flight. Linnaeus placed them with Swallows, and Blyth approximates them to 

 Nightjars. Galled "Sea-Partridges" by the French. S. Europe, Africa, C. Asia, 

 India, Burma, China, to Australia, 



(i.) Tail forked. 

 128. Glareola orientalis. The Laegb Swallow Plover. 

 (? 10". Legs dusky black. Bill black. Chin and throat rufous, bounded by 

 black line from gape. Secondaries not tipped white. Exterior tail-feathers 

 project 1" beyond central ones. — Young pale fulvous, with blackish ends and 

 buff terminal spots. No gorget. India, Ceylon, Burma, Pegu, to N. Australia. 

 Breeding in E. Siberia and migrating through W. China. Two to four eggs 

 (1-18 X 0-93), drab, blotched brown. 



129. Glareola pratincola. The Collared or Austrian Pratincole. 



PratincSla, from prcUum,=a, meadow ; incSla=&n inhabitant. From its frequenting the 

 open meadows in Austria. 



(J 8f" to 9 J". Legs brownish. Bill black. White tipping to short secondaries 

 conspicuous. Exterior tail-feathers project 2" to 2^" beyond central bnes. (S.F. 

 ii. 284.) 



Migratory, occurring in summer in C. and S. Europe, W. and C. Asia ; breeding 

 in Sind and wintering in Africa. (B. 1426.) See illustration, p. 149. 



Also &. melanoptera. 9 J". From S.E. Europe. Wintering in Africa. 



(ii.) Short and even tail. 



130. Glareola lactea. The Small Indian Swallow Plover. 



Utteran, Sind. 



(J 6^". Legs dusky green. Bill black and red. No collar on hind neck. 

 Primaries brown, with first four white-shafted. Wing -lining and axillaries 

 black. Kashmir, India, Ceylon, and Burma. Two to four eggs (1-05 x 0-82), 



