GLAREOLA. 



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GLAREOLA GRALLARIA. 



LONG-LEGGED PBATLNCOLE. 



Glareola tarso longo (40 ad 50 millim.) : axillaribus nigris : secundariis omnino brunneis : caud& Diagnosis. 

 vix furcata. 



It is not known that this species varies in any way. 



Variations. 



Glareola isabella, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 221 (1817). 

 Glareola grallaria, Temminck, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 503 (1820). 

 Glareola australis, Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 132 (1820). 

 Stiltia grallaria (Temm.), Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 419 (1856). 

 Stiltia isabella (Vieill.), Salvadori, Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 286 (1882). 



Synonymy. 



Plates. — Gould, Birds of Australia, vi. pi. 22. 

 Habits. — Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 243. 

 Eggs. — Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 54. 



Literature. 



The Long-legged Pratincole is easily distinguished by its chestnut flanks, long tarsi Specific 

 (16 to 1*9 inch), and long first primary (an inch or more longer than the second). Each 



