GLAREOLA. 



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Glareola Pratincola. 



Glareola pratincola, Linn. Syd. Nat. i. 345, P. E. 882; Nation, 

 vogt. t. 234; Gould. B. E. pi. 265; Leach. ; Linn. Trans, xiii. pi. 12, 

 1,2 ; Sir. F. vol. viii. p. 371; Murray, Hclb/c, Zool, ^c, Sind, p. 207. 

 Glareola torquata, Meyer, ii. 404. — The Collaeed Pkatincola. 



Head, nape, back, scapulars and wing-coverts greyish brown ; 

 throat and front of the neck white, slightly tinged ferruginous, encircled 

 by a narrow black band from the base of the bill ; lores black ; breast 

 whitish brown; under wing-coverts chestnut; lower surface of the 

 body white, tinged with reddish ; Tipper and under tail-coverts white ; 

 tail forked, basally white, tipped with dark brown ; bill black, red 

 at the gape; irides red brown. 



Length. — 9 inches, wing 6" 75 to 7. 



Hah. — Sind, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan and the Deccan. Breeds 

 in Sind ; eggs similar to those of G. orientalis. 



Glareola lactea, Tem. P. G. 399; Jerd. B. Ind.iu.-^. 632; Str.F. 

 iii. p. 179; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., ^c, Sind, p. 208. — The Small 

 Swallow Plover. 



Forehead, crown, back, scapulars and wing-coverts pale earthy or 

 grey brown, orbital feathers white; chin, throat and breast much paler 

 than the back ; lower abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts white ; tail 

 basally white, the central feathers broadly dark brown sabterminally and 

 tipped with white ; the lateral or outer ones on each side nai'rowly tipped 

 with dark brown, and edged with white; upper tail-coverts white; 

 primaries dark brown, the first 3 — 4 distinctly white shafted and 

 basally whitish on their inner webs ; secondaries white, broadly 

 edged on their outer webs and at the tip with brown ; primary coverts 

 dark brown, also the under wing- coverts; bill black; gape reddish; 

 irides deep brown. 



Length. — 6-5 to 6'75 inches, wing 5'5 to 5'75j tail 2 to 2'06, bill at 

 front 0-37, at gape 0'56. 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces and the Deccan, affecting the 

 same situations as the last. 



