THE FRANCOLINS. I07 



Nest and Eggs. — Very similar to those of F. fnmcolhnis^ but 

 larger and generally less like a peg-top in shape. Average 

 measurements, i'4 by it8 inch. 



III. THE CHINESE FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS CHINENSIS. 



Tttrao chi?te?isis, Osbeck, Voy. en Chine, ii. p. 326 (1771). 

 "Fetrao uiadai^ascariensis and T. pi?ifadeafius, Scop. Del. Flor. 



et Faun. Insubr. pt. ii. p. 93 (1786). 

 Tetrao periatus, Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. pp. 756, 758 (178S). 

 Fcrdix {Fra?icolimis) maculatus, Gray, Fasc. B. China, pi. 7 



(1871). 

 Francolinus phayrei, Blyth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xii. p. ion 



(1843)- 

 Francolimis chifieiisis, Hume and Marshall, Game Birds of 

 India, ii. p. 27, pi. (1879); Gates, ed. Hume's Nests and 

 Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 431 (1890); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 137 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Like F. pictus, this species has ?to chestmit 

 collar, but differs in having the scapulars chestnut, or chest- 

 nut and black, with rounded spots of white or buff. A black 

 band crosses the forehead and is continued behind the eye, 

 and a second, starting from the angle of the gape, crosses the 

 cheek ; rest of the sides of the head and tZiroat white. Feet 

 armed with a pair of sharp spurs. 



Adult Female. — Differs from the male in having the sides of 

 the head washed with rufous, the scapulars black, viargiiied 

 ivith broiv?iish, and spotted and barred with buff, and the 

 under-parts buff, barred with black. 



Total length, 12 '6 inches; wing, 5-5; tail, 3; tarsus, i-6. 



Range. — Indo-Chinese countries, Burma, Siam, Cochin China, 

 Hainan, and Southern China. It is not found in Tenasserim. 

 It was introduced more than a century ago into Reunion and 

 Mauritius. ? Madagascar. 



Habits. — Very similar to those of F. pictus, but it seldom 



