RALLIDyE. 



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of the hind toe ; and from the other bh'ds of the 

 order by the shape of the body, which is compressed 

 and flatted on its sides : many of them are excellent 

 swimmers, but they fly indiiferently. 



GENUS CCCLIV.— PARRA, Linne. JACANA. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 262. 



GENUS CCCLV.—PALAMEDEA, Latham. SCREAMER. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 277. 



GENUS CCCLVI.— CHAUNA, Illiger. 

 Generic character: mde Steph. v. xii. I. p. 271. 



GENUS CCCLVIL—GLAREOLA, Brisson. PRATINCOLE. 

 Trachelia, Scopoli. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. x. p. 135. 



A. Cauda furcatd. 



A. With the tail forked. 



Sp. 1. Gl. Pratincola. Lijin. Trans. {Leach.) v. xiii. /?. 131. 

 Gl. Pratincola. Steph. v. x. p. 136. — Gl. senegalensis. Steph. 



V. K.p. 138. — Gl. naevia. Steph, v. x.p. 139.; young. — Britain 



and the old world. 

 Sp. 2. Gl. orientalis. Linn. Trans. (Leach.) v. xiii. p. 132./;/. 13. 



male and female. 

 Gl. cinereO'Juscescens, ventre caiiddque albis; hac ad apicem 



nigra; guld Jtigro irregidariter circnmdata ; rostro nigro. 

 Ashy-brown Pratincole with the belly and tail white, the latter 



black towards the tip ; the throat irregularly bounded by 



black; the beak black. 



Inhabits Java. Quills black : the belly of the 

 ?nale in front rufescent ; of the female whitish : the 



