366 PRATINCOLE. 



black; tail forked, but less so than in the first species ; colour white, 

 the end for one-third black; the outer feather wholly white; legs 

 testaceous, or pale yellow brown ; the chin, throat, and belly, iu the 

 male, are pale rufous; in the female white : the shoulders of the wings 

 in old birds marked with white. 



Inhabits Java, and called Tre ; brought by M. Leschenault. 



6.— AUSTRALASIAN PRATINCOLE. 



Glareola grallaria, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 503. 



Glareola Australis, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 132. pi. 14. f. 1. 2. 



IN this the bill is red at the base, and black at the tip; general 

 colour of the plumage above, and the breast light rufous ; throat 

 and upper tail coverts white ; belly bright chestnut ; quills and 

 under wing coverts black ; legs and a great part above the joint 

 bare, and reddish yellow; tail nearly even at the end, and the wings 

 exceed it in length by three inches. 



Inhabits Australasia. 



7.— CREAM-COLOURED PRATINCOLE. 



Glareola lactea, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 503. 



LENGTH five inches and three quarters. Bill black, margins 

 reddish ; plumage above and wings cinereous white ; under parts of 

 the body white; quills and under wing coverts black ; tail feathers, 

 except the outer one, marked with a black spot ; the tail a trifle 

 hollowed out at the end ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Bengal. Called at Cawnpore, Kay-chul. 



