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BRITISH BIRDS. 



As we previously stated^ the eastern range of the Whinchat is probably 

 the Ural ; but the bird has an eastern representative in the Indian Whin- 

 chat {Pratincola macrorhyncha). It differs from our bird by having a 

 longer and somewhat more slender bill, is much larger, has very much 

 more white on the tail, and the wing-formula is different. In the Com- 

 mon Whinchat the second primary equals the fifth, but in the Indian 

 bird it is equal to or longer than the seventh. 



