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PRATINCOLE. 



GLAREOLA TORQUATA. 



The Pratincole is a rare accidental visitant in 

 Great Britain, and has been only added to the list of 

 British Birds since the year 1804, when one was shot in 

 the month of May in the vicinity of Liverpool, and is, 

 according to the Rev. L. Jenyns, now in the collection of 

 the Earl of Derby. 



Temminck informs us that this species is very abundant 

 in Dalmatia during the spring of the year, particularly on 

 the borders of the Lake of Boccagnaro, and that it breeds 

 in Sardinia. 



The south and south-eastern countries of Europe, 

 Asia, and Africa, are the principal residence of the 

 Pratincole, owing to these warmer climates being more 

 favourable to its nature ; which also accounts for its 

 rare occurrence in England, Holland, and France ; during 

 the summer it is not uncommon in the region between the 

 Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. In Hungary, great num- 

 bers frequent the well-known extensive marshes, and also 

 Sclavonia and Turkey. 



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