G L A R E O W GRALLARIA, Temm.
Australian Pratincole.
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-------- I abella Tieill G il de Oi tom^u jg gM pi ?G.S- a r ^ T i u t c dOin p 541— lb Man. d’Orn:;
li I ) tj 90. -V u ‘.ill. ^nckv^'Kd^^lirNou^. Diet, d 'Hist "fat, tom. xiii. p. 221.— Bonn, et Vieill.
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Australasian I'ruivn t.-, J .ith^ljJ y^Ui *t feyolTjjri^dbiluEBgB
1 ms spci ii s oCTr"iim olt pnsM —eg sevpiyif r e markrible specific distinctions, gmong which, as wilt be seen
m frc fenm i t o , l ’l ite, ari^nfe;great:length;qf the tarsi and primaries,
which, combined with the ’ r-“ el'd f i m t ^ R ^ body I^ g thc small size obit's bead, render it the most
elegant. -[Mikes of.tlfegenjis that has.vel j i p m^liscovered. - The figure m. Vieillot’s “ Galerie jfo? Oiseanx ”
Jhe lmd‘18 Uui< ^purtraMd with the pciaiai-ieA brown, whereas
AiiiVsB imi^ lghE ^ B ^h i white of|dj,e|throat is also much less defiued-ib the bird than it is in the drawing;
^hfsmark, w h iN i '^ F ^ j n y i u t e d ^ . i «'for nn.inhVrVof:rhi genus being scarcely distinguishable in the
prifo nt-pt tii s liinnk^'J^Wjvpipilmgffd^iolSihiift i olouying ot tbi In id and neefo
vjjtWtt.'fcl r m I -in r .tfiThl lllls* blll ^ ^ %jjtfltlV. I S t n g B H ^ | ^ | M A ^ | H H raee W Wllftll»'
vun ijithis mil rtstiilg w mg, msd^i rapidahd extended was its flight, and so close did
it ki d jfS flh i ground,„tli it I j ^ g | ^ | | l j s satisfied' mysejFns to what kind (M f fid-it-jvas, before it was lost
-ip. thWh$ant horizon J p g sb sp h ^ i ie j ; two specimens, ® p of which were collected withm three hnn-
dred miles o f {he lnra1 ffenhoaeTmentionedSand:y l i h i g , ^ ^ ^ l f i i ; g r t of-a cgllecj^n' ^ade in the
Moreton B a y distnet, thk>.aste ro^ qrljon of the ■ ontincmT-o^ln s t r a lia ^ ^ h iJW irded as o o e o f the loca-
£j§h?L in which ilTisfound, hut rare eMUgCTce tln-rem,*^^Mdjfe.eIy be considered its natural
W B B K B all probaliUlty’ffio Y S 'ljW y p r oi tjie loiiuin is it- native
‘ hose
o f the middlefigure in the B t f t s^ p^ a lt females or immature males.
’S^'mayrpasonably suppose th.at nature has destfoejl'tfos'Kird to the same offices in Australia that are
performed by- the' Gffareola pratincola in-Burope', % ’t insects of various k in | | | g s t ifn t e its sole food, and
that the y .W ta k en h o t f 3 K s ! p ^ S > & on t h e ^ ® d , as|the; great development o f its wings and legs
must gi™ i t peculiar, fecihty for capturing them; f u tm ^ j e t f^ h o w e y i y , must determine this among
wumerons Oth^points n ^ S f wn rgsoenting the- e t ^ ^ ^ g t h e 'b j r i s of %»t distant and comparatively
unlmo^cbuutiy, Australia.
The male has the headj’^ l the i f f i [ ^ ip f e ^ > m g s and breast 1 i # C T becoming nearly white on
the throat; lores dark brown 3. p r im a r ^ id under surfece of the wing black; shaft of the outer primary
white for three-fourths o f its length fi-pm ( h ^ ^ £ I^ 3 f o m p 'V ^ ^ estn!ft > |h<ghs, upper and under tail-
coverts whife^JceBtral tail-feathers bla cg tipped'on the|r outer w a K C 't ^ f own and OP?6“ 1- iaDer webs whfc
whites lateral tail-feathers v | | | p i i i ^ 9 ve! sPot g j l f f o W '$&& t h e a t e r web; the next
on each s id e wfot£-hrossed h^T f f i ^ t f r g jfe e r portion of and the, outer brown sh ill
red at tliq b ^ e T t e c k a t the $ f i ’ tegs ¥>d feet brown,
*The female pr y d u llg ^ fo has all .the'upper surface light reddijsb fe r o t l i the feathers o f the breast
H a Spot o f brown in the centre 5 A f band across the abdomen pale chestnuts i s i>tber respects the
colouring is similar to the malt«
The figures aye of the natural site. * _
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