. A history of British birds . LIMICOLjE. COLLARED PRATINCOLE. 231 GLAREOLID^.. Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus*). THE COLLARED PRATINCOLE. Glareola torquata. Glareola, Brissoni.—Beak short, convex, compressed towards the point,the upper mandible curved throughout the distal half of its length. Nostrilsbasal, lateral, pierced obliquely. Legs bare for a short space above the tarsaljoint; long and rather slender; three toes in front, one behind ; the middle toeunited by a short membrane to the outer toe ; the inner toe free ; the hind toearticulated upon the tarsus; claws long and subulate. Wings
. A history of British birds . LIMICOLjE. COLLARED PRATINCOLE. 231 GLAREOLID^.. Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus*). THE COLLARED PRATINCOLE. Glareola torquata. Glareola, Brissoni.—Beak short, convex, compressed towards the point,the upper mandible curved throughout the distal half of its length. Nostrilsbasal, lateral, pierced obliquely. Legs bare for a short space above the tarsaljoint; long and rather slender; three toes in front, one behind ; the middle toeunited by a short membrane to the outer toe ; the inner toe free ; the hind toearticulated upon the tarsus; claws long and subulate. Wings very long, the firstquill-feather the longest. The Pratincole is an inhabitant of the temperate andwarmer parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, and occurs inthe British Islands as a rare straggler. The earliest recordis perhaps by Graves, who says that one was taken at Bold-ness, in Cumberland, in 1807; one in September, 1811,near Truro, in Cornwall; and one on Eude-waters, in Surrey,prior to 1812.| He gives a coloured illustration, for whichhe says he is indebted to Mr. J. B
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