364 PRATINCOLE. 



rufous grey ; quills brown ; under wing coverts pale red brown ; 

 upper tail coverts white, breast and belly pale brown; thighs and 

 vent white ; tail feathers brown, all but the two middle ones marked 

 with a curved white spot near the ends; the outer one half white 

 from the base, and brown the rest of the length ; the wings, when at 

 rest, reach beyond the end of the tail. 

 Inhabits India. 



2.-SENEGAL PRATINCOLE. 



Glareola Senegalensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 754. Gm. Lin. i. 696. Bris. v. 148. Id. 8vo. 



ii. 250. 

 Tringa fusca, Lin. i. 252. Falck, It. iii. 376. s. 26. 

 La Perdrix de Mer brune, Buf. vii. 544. 

 Senegal Pratincole, Gen. Syn. v. 225. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 138. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill eleven lines long, brown; 

 plumage in general brown ; tail forked ; legs brown. 

 Inhabits Senegal. 



3— SPOTTED PRATINCOLE. 



Glareola naevia, Ind. Orn. ii. 754. Gm. Lin. i. 696. Bris. v. 147. Id. 8vo. ii. 250. 



Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 131. t. 12. 

 Gallinula Melampus, Raii, 109. cap. x. Will. 225. t. 56. Klein, 101. 9. 

 Daa Gefleckte Sandhuhn, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. 235. 

 Rotknussel, or Giarola ? Will. Engl. 304. ch. x. pi. 56. 2. 

 La Giarole, Buf. vii. 545. 

 Spotted Pratincole, Gen. Syn. v. 225. Shaw's Zool. x. 139. 



SIZE of the others. Bill black ; head, neck, breast, and upper 

 part of the belly, spotted brown and white ; body above brown, but 

 the spots less distinct ; lower belly, sides, and vent, rufous white, 

 spotted with black ; quills black ; second quills black and ash- 

 colour; tail whitish, tipped with black; legs above the joint black. 



