138 SENEGAL PRATINCOLE. 



deserts towards the Caspian Sea, appearing in 

 great flocks : it is not uncommon in Germany, 

 where it frequents the borders of the Rhine near 

 Strasburgh, and lives on worms and aquatic in- 

 sects; it is also occasionally seen in France, and 

 is said to have been once taken near Liverpool, 

 and likewise in the Isle of Unst, by Mr. Bullock, 

 whereas it has never been observed on the con- 

 tinent to go far beyond the 53d degree to the 

 north : this bird lays seven oblong eggs, and is a 

 restless noisy species. 



SENEGAL PRATINCOLE. 

 (Glare ola senegalensis.) 



Gl. rostro pedibusqtie Juscis, corpore Jusco immaculato. 

 Pratincole with the beak and feet brown^ body fuscous without 

 spots. 



Glareola senegalensis. Gtnel. Syst. Nat. 1. 696. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 754. 2. — Briss. 5. 148. 4. 

 Tringafusca. Lin. Syst. Nat. I. ^52. 22, 

 La Perdrix de mer brun. Bvff. Hist, Nat. Ois. 7. 544. 

 Senegal Pratincole. Lath. Gen. Syn, 5. 225. 2. 



The Senegal Pratincole is nine inches and a 

 half in length : beak nearly one inch, and brown: 

 prevailing colour of the plumage brown ; legs the 

 same : tail much forked. Native of Senegal. 



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