. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. GLAREOLIN^.. 531. THE PRATINCOLE. Glareola PRAxfNCOLA (Linnacus). Even to the south of Europe the Pratincole is only a summer- visitor, though it occasionally wanders to Great Britain on both spring and autumn migrations. Its occurrence was first noticed in 1807, when examples were obtained almost simultaneously at Ormskirk in Lancashire and Bowness in Cumberland, while subsequently four specimens have been taken in Norfolk, one in Cambridgeshire, one in Essex, one in Lincolnshire, three in Yorkshire, and one, strange to say, in Unst, the most n
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. GLAREOLIN^.. 531. THE PRATINCOLE. Glareola PRAxfNCOLA (Linnacus). Even to the south of Europe the Pratincole is only a summer- visitor, though it occasionally wanders to Great Britain on both spring and autumn migrations. Its occurrence was first noticed in 1807, when examples were obtained almost simultaneously at Ormskirk in Lancashire and Bowness in Cumberland, while subsequently four specimens have been taken in Norfolk, one in Cambridgeshire, one in Essex, one in Lincolnshire, three in Yorkshire, and one, strange to say, in Unst, the most northern of the Shetland Islands. In the south of England, Surrey, Hants, Dorset, Wilts, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall have been visited ; and a bird was observed near Hay in Breconshire by Messrs. Baskerville, who were well acquainted with the species. In Ireland, it is said that one, which was not preserved, was shot nearly fifty years ago in co. Cork; and the identification was probably correct, for all the evidence that I have been able to collect indicates that this species reaches our shores by traversing the western half of France. Early in April the Pratincole returns from its winter-quarters in the south to North Africa, where large numbers remain to breed ; while others pass through Egypt and nest in Palestine, Asia Minor, the Dobrudscha, the neighbourhood of Missolonghi in Greece, Sicily, the Balearic Islands, and the plains at the mouth of the Guadalquivir in Spain. In other parts of the Mediterranean basin T T 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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