«I-  GRALLili. 
Family  I,  CriAKADRiADiE. 
Ord 
third  Subfamily, 
GLAREOLINJ5,  or  Pratincoles, 
have  a 
Bill,  which,  is  broad  at  the  base,  and  laterally  compressed  to  the  tip  ; the  Wings  very  long, 
the  first  quill  the 
fr( 
out. 
and 
longest ; the  Legs  moderate,  with  the  tip  of  the  tibia  naked ; the  Toes  three  in 
one  posteriorly,  which  is  elevated. 
Glareola  Briss* 
t,  broad  at  the  base,  much  compressed  to  the  tip,  with  the  cuhnen  depressed  at  the  base. 
Sill 
^lovated 
1 ^’’ohed  to  the  tip,  the  lateral  margins  curved ; the  nostrils  basal,  lateral,  and  oblique. 
niQ,]  o^^oned,  pointed,  extending  beyond  the  end  of  the  tail,  with  the  first  quiU  longest.  Tail 
oorate,  and 
mj^d]  niore  or  less  forked.  Legs  moderate  and  slender,  with  the  tarsi  scutellated,  and  the 
*^iddle  lengthened ; the  outer  toe  longer  than  the  inner,  and  united  at  the  base  to  the 
neafi  ’ very  short,  elevated,  but  touching  the  ground ; and  the  claws  rather  long, 
straio-fif  xi 
a , that  of  the  middle  toe  slightly  pectinated  on  one  side. 
fe^  spe  • • . 
^ inhabit  the  temperate  and  warmer  parts  of  the  Old  World.  They  frequent  the  borders  of  rivers, 
aqpj^.|.-  . koth  in  the  plains  and  on  the  mountains.  Their  food  consists  chiefly  of  worms,  flies,  orthopterous 
'l'^ichly_  ''^kich  they  take  on  the  wing  like  the  swallows,  and  on  the  ground,  where  they  can  ran  very 
"'kereip  m ^ l^im  a slight  nest  on  the  surface  of  the  ground,  among  the  rashes  and  thick  herbage  in  the  marshes, 
y deposit  several  eggs. 
G. 
Pmin 
ieacA  L'  ^ nin.)  Pap  PL  enl.  882. — Glareola  austriaca 
^ •’Ir.xiii.  pi.  12.  j Glareola  neevia  Grad. ; Glareola 
Glareola 
G.  liry^i  . * ^isch.  — Glareola  pratincola  Pall. 
torquata  Meyer, 
ata  Rii- 
PP- 
4.  G.orientalis  Leach,  Linn.Tr.xiii.pl.  13. 
5.  G.  iedbella  Vieill.  Gal.  ties  Ois.  t.  26S Glareola  grallaria 
Temrn. ; Glareola  australis  Leach,  Linn.  Tr.  xiii.pl.  14. 
6.  G.  lactea  Temm.  Man.  ii.  503.,  PI.  col.  3,99. 
7.  G.  cinerea  Eras.  Proc.  Z.  S.  1 843.  26. 
Brisson  established  this  genus  in  (Ornithologie')  I76O;  and  in  1777  Scopoli  proposed  Trachelia. 
Ml 
1844. 
