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COLLARED PRATINCOLE. 
Glareola torqmta. 
PLATE XXTII. 
Hirundo marina, Meyer. — H. pratincola, Linn . — Glareola 
Austriaca, Lath . — Glareola torquata, Selby, Gould , 8[C.— 
Glareole a collier, Temm . — Collared or Austrian Pratin- 
cole of British, authors. 
Seven or eight specimens of this curious bird are 
ascertained to have been killed in Britain, all of 
them in England, with the exception of the second, 
shot in Orkney by Mr. Bullock. No other instance 
has occurred in Scotland, nor is notice taken of it in 
Mr. Thompson’s Lists. On the continent it appears 
also only as a straggler, and it has been received 
from some parts of Africa; Mr. Yarrell mentions 
haring seen specimens both from Tangiers and Tri- 
poli. In habits they are described as possessing 
great powers of flight, as well as being able to run 
with swiftness and activity ; they are insectivorous. 
Mr. Bullock's specimen was shot in the act of catch- 
ing flies, and it is stated, that “ like the sand- 
pipers, it runs with the greatest rapidity when on 
the ground, or in shallow water, in pursuit of food, 
