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AUSTRIAN PRATINCOLE. 

 (Glareola austriaca.) 



Gl. griseo'fusca subtus rufo-alha, linea gulari incurmta nigra, 

 rectricibus quatuor exterioribus basi albis. 



Grey brown Pratincole, beneath reddish white, with an in- 

 curved black line on the throat, and the base af the four 

 outer tail-feathers white. 



Hirundo Pratincola. Lin. S?/st. Nat. 1, 345. 12. — Gmel. Syst, 

 Nat. 1, 695. 1. 



Glareola austriaca. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 753. 1. 



Glareola. Briss. Orn. 5>p.l4l.t. \2.f. 1. 



La Perdrix de mer. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. SH.—Buff. PL 

 Enl. 882. — Sonner, Voy. Ind. 2l6. 



Austrian Pratincole. Lath, Gen. Syn. 5. 2^2. pi. Sd.—^Lin, 

 Trans, 9. 198. — Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl, 



La Perdrix de mer ^ collier. Buff. Hist, Nat, Ois. 7. 546. 



Collared Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn, 5. 223. 



Maldivian Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 224, 



Coromandel Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 224, . 



Madras Pratincole. Lath^ Gen, Syn. 5. 225. 



This variable bird is the size of a Blackbird, 

 being in length about ten inches : beak short and 

 black; the base of the under mandible and corners 

 of the mouth bright red : upper parts of the plum- 

 age grey brown ; the crown and the back of the 

 neck with a rufous tinge 5 the back and scapulars 

 with a slight green bronzed reflection : wings 

 very long, with their primary quills dusky brown ; 

 the secondaries paler, tipped with white; the 

 tertials and coverts like the scapulars : under 

 parts of the body, rump, and tail-coverts, white : 



