PRATINCOLE. 



i, Perdrix de Mer, Son. Fey. p. 216. 



Var.B". 



MALD1VIANTR. »THIS is nine inches in length. The bill black: irides red 



Descrift ion. 



Place. 



brown : the head and upper parts of the body the colour of 

 umber: under wing coverts red brown : throat white, furrounded 

 with a black band, and each feather has a longitudinal black line : 

 the quills and tail are black : the rump, belly, and vent, white. 



This was taken at open fea, in the latitude of the Maldivia 

 JJles. It lived a month on flies, and bread foaked in water. Mr. 

 Smnerat mentions two other fpecies. 



1. 



Var. C. 

 COROMANDEL 

 PR. 

 Description. 



Placs. 



nr H E fecond has the head and upper parts paler : throat 

 rufous white, encircled with a black band : quills blackifh 

 brown : beneath the wings bright chefnut : tail forked ; the fea- 

 thers white half way from the bafe, and brown the reft of their 

 length, with a fpot of dirty grey at the end : rump and upper 

 tail coverts white, occupying more fpace than in the former : 

 breaft rufous white : belly and vent white : irides reddifh : bill 

 and legs black. 



Found on the coaft of Coromandel. 



Var. D. 

 MADRAS PR. 



Description. 



^THE third is lefs than the others. The wings reach beyond 

 the end of the tail : top of the head deep brown : neck, 

 back, and wing coverts dirty rufous grey : quills brown : under 

 wing coverts pale red brown : upper tail coverts white, but this 

 takes up lefs fpace than in the others : the two middle tail feathers 

 are brown; the others the fame, with a curved white mark at the 

 ends; the outer ones half white from the bafe, and brown the 



reft 



