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Birds of Celebes: Glareolidae. 
FAMIIT GIABEOLIDAE. 
The bill is somewhat decurved, resembling that of the Gallinae and Sand- 
grouse in external appearance. According to Dr. Gadow the separating wall 
of the nostrils is complete, in old examples for the most part ossified, that is, 
with naves imperviae, as in TMnocorus^ Pterocles, Columbae, in contradistinction 
to the remaining Charadrii/ormes. The nasal pits are very large, but for the 
most part surrounded by soft connecting tissue, so that the nostrils are externally 
confined to the anterior end; the orifices are roundish, not slit-shaped. 
GENUS GLAREOLA Briss. 
Wings exceedingly long, first primary abortive and concealed, the next much 
the longest and very pointed; tail of 12 feathers, longer than the tarsus, slightly 
rounded to forked in shape; tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw, trans- 
versely scaled. The general colour is sandy brown, which probably harmo- 
nises with the sandy wastes to which the birds seem to be partial. 
313. GLABEOLA ISABELLA YieilL 
Long-legged Pratincole. 
Glareola Isabella fl) Vieill., Analyse 1816, 69; (II) id., Gal. Ois. II, 159, pi. 263 (1825j; 
(3) Salvad., Cat. TJcc. Borneo 1874, 320; (4) Meyer, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1881, 
769; (5) Yorderm., K T. Ned. Ind. 1886, XLVI, 237; (6) id., ib. 1890, XLIX, 
415; (7) id.,ib. 1891,%, 515; fSJ id.,NotesLeyden Mus. 1891, Xm, 129; (9) M.&Wg., 
Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1^6, Nr. 1, p. 15; (10) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 20. 
a. Glareola grallaria (1) Temm., Man. d’Orn. H, 1820, 503; (II) Gould, B. Austr. 1848, 
VI., pi. 22; (3) id., Handb. B. Austr. 1865, II, 243; (4) Scbl., Mus. P.-B., Oursores, 
1865, 18; (5) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VIH, 117; f6) Meyer, J. f. O. 1873, 405; 
(7) Bosenb., Malay. Ai'cbip. 1878, 278; (8) E. P. Bamsay, Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. 
1883, Vn, 410; (9) Bennett, ib. 1886, X, 168; (10) Bams., ib. 1887, (2) II, 171; 
(11) Seeb., Disti-. Cbaradi’. 1887, 263; (12) Bams., Tab. List 1888, 20; (13) Everett, 
J. Str. Br. B. A. S. 1889, 204; f'XIF/ North, Nests & Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 308, pi. XYI, 
f. 9 (egg); (15) Biittik., Notes Leyden Mus. 1892, XTS^ 206; (16) id., Zool. Erg. 
Weber’s Beise 1893, HI, 282; (17) Newton, Diet. B. 1894, 741. 
b. Glareola australis (I) Leacb, Tr. Z. S. XiD, 1820, 132, pi. 14, figs. 1, 2. 
c. Australasian Pratincole (1) Lath., Gen. Hist. 1826, IX, 366. 
d. Stiltia grallaria (1) Bp., Compt. Bend. 1856, XLm, 419, Nr. 113. 
e. Stiltia isabella (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. XYili, 1882, 322; (2) id., Om. Pap. 
1882, m, 286; Agg. 1891, 198; (3) Madar., Aquila 1894, 105; (4) Sharpe, Oat. B. 
1896, XXIV, 51, 725. 
“Paras”, Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 
“Alalang”, Pebng Id., Nat. Coll. 
For further references cf. Salvador! e 2\ Sharpe e 4. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould all, a 5; Vieill. II\ North a XIV (egg); Salvadorie 2; 
Seebohm all (diagn.); Vorderman 7; Sharpe e 4. 
