. A general synopsis of birds . ear, long, flender, connected by a membrane at the forked; confiding of twelve feathers. AUSTRIAN PR. LXXXV. Hirundo Pratincola, Lin. Syft. 1. p. 345. 12.—Kram. El. p. 381, pi. at the de Mer, Brif. Orn. v. p. 141. 1. pi. 12. fig. 1.—Buf. Oif. vii. p. 544.—PL Enl. marina Aldrov. Rati Syn. p. Swallow of Aldrovandus, Will. Orn. p. 214. Lev. Muf. C IZE of a Blackbird: length nine inches and a quarter. Billten lines and a half long, curved at the end; the bafe of itred, the reft black : the upper
. A general synopsis of birds . ear, long, flender, connected by a membrane at the forked; confiding of twelve feathers. AUSTRIAN PR. LXXXV. Hirundo Pratincola, Lin. Syft. 1. p. 345. 12.—Kram. El. p. 381, pi. at the de Mer, Brif. Orn. v. p. 141. 1. pi. 12. fig. 1.—Buf. Oif. vii. p. 544.—PL Enl. marina Aldrov. Rati Syn. p. Swallow of Aldrovandus, Will. Orn. p. 214. Lev. Muf. C IZE of a Blackbird: length nine inches and a quarter. Billten lines and a half long, curved at the end; the bafe of itred, the reft black : the upper parts of the bird are of a greyifhbrown : chin and throat white, furrounded with a black line,which begins at the hinder angle of the eye, and bounds thewhole of the white parts all round : the under parts are rufousgrey, growing paler towards the vent: the upper tail coverts arealfo of this laft colour : the quills and tail are dufky; the laftmuch forked in fhape, and tipped with grey on the inner web ;6 the ~JveM/>va?& {/nzfanccrfb: PRATINCOLE. 223 the outer web of the exterior feather white the whole of itslength : the legs and bare fpace above the knees are bloodred. This bird inhabits Germany, particularly the borders of the Place, Rhine, near Strajburgh, and lives on worms and aquatic is alfo at times feen in fome of the provinces of France,efpecially Lorraine; but is in the greateft plenty in the defertstowards the Cafpian Sea, frequenting the dry plains in greatflocks. It is common alfo throughout the whole defert of theindependent Tartars, as far as the rivers Kamyfchlofska and Irtijh,but not farther into Sibiria, the plains fit for it being there atan end j and in general it is not obferved beyond 53 deg. to thenorthward*. La Perdrix de Mer a collier, Brif. Orn. v. p. 145. 2.—Buf. Oif. vii. j. p. 546. , Var. A. COLLARED PR. T ESS than the other. Bill dufky : the plumage on the upper Description. parts grey brown : on each fide of the
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