SPOTTED PRATINCOLE. 



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the young of the preceding, as the Coromandel 

 variety of that bird has been identified at Se- 

 negal ? 



SPOTTED PRATINCOLE* 

 (Glareola ngevia.) 



Gl. macula Juscis et alhicantibus mria supra futca suhtus rufa^ 



ahdomine imo basique caudce candicantibus. 

 Pratincole above fuscous, beneath rufous, variegated with white 



and brown spots, with the lower part of the abdomen and 



base of the tail whitish. 

 Glareola naevia. GmeL Si/st. Nat, i. GQQ.^Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 



754. S.^Briss, 5. 14;. 3. 

 La Giarole. Buf. Hist, Nat. Ois, 7. 545. 

 Spotted Pratincole. Lath, Gen, Syn, 5. 225. 3. 



This species inhabits Germany, and is the same 

 size as the others : its beak is black : its head, 

 neck, breast, and upper parts of the belly are 

 spotted with brown and white ; the upper parts of 

 the body the same, but the spots not so distinct : 

 the secondary quills are black and ash-coloured, 

 mixed ; the rest are all black : the lower part of 

 the belly, sides, and vent reddish white, spotted 

 with black. 



