CACCABIS. 213 



Franeolinns, Sfeph.—'BiW very slightly curved at tip; tail of four- 

 teen feathers, even or rounded ; tarsi of male with blunt spurs. 



FranCOlinuS vulgaris, Steph. Jerd. B. Lid. p. 558; Murraij, 

 Edhli., Zoo]., S;x., Slnd, p. 202; Goidd. B. Em\ ^\. 259. Tetrao 

 francolinus, Linn. — The Black Partridge. 



Male. — Top of head black, the feathers behind edged with rufescent 

 brown; lores, chin, throat and neck in front black; nape and hind 

 neck black, each feather with four white spots, two on each side of the 

 shaft, the lower of which near the tip showing through ; a streak under 

 the eye to the ear-coverts white ; a chestnut red collar round the neck; 

 upper part of the back black, also the scapulars, the smaller feathers 

 with four roundish spots, two on each side of the shaft, and the longer 

 ones with six rufescent marks, two tranverse and a longitudinal streaks 

 on each side of the shaft, the longitudinal ones only showing from 

 under the feathers; middle and lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts 

 barred with black and white; wing-coverts black, edged with rufescent • 

 quills barred with rufous and black ; tail black, the middle feathers 

 barred like the back with black and white, the rest barred at their 

 bases only; breast, abdomen and flanks deep black, the feathers of 

 the flanks with 3 — 4 white spots, the hinder ones near the vent with 

 broad white tips; thigh and under tail-coverts and feathers round the 

 vent chestnut; bill black; irides brown; legs reddish. 



Ijength. — ]3 to 14 inches, wing 5^ to 5|, tail 3|. 



The Female wants the black head and neck of the male and the 

 rufous collar. It is generally much browner in colour. 



Caccabis, lump. — Bill red, slightly longer than in FrancoJimts; 

 tarsi of male with a blunt spur; a small bare patch behind the eye. 



Caccabis chukor, Gray, III Intl. Zool. pi. 54; Goidd. G. B. pi. 

 71; Jerdon, B. Ind. p. 564, No. 820; Murray, Ildhl:, Zool., S)C.,8ind. 

 p. 203. — The Chukore Partridge. 



Above pale bluish or olive ashy, with a rufescent tinge on the back • 

 sides of the face, chin and throat fulvous, pale chestnut or rufescent 

 encircled by a broad black band from the forehead, through the eye 

 along the side of the neck on to the bi^east, meeting its fellow from 

 the other side and forming a large pale chestnut or rufous pectoral 

 gorget; a pale white line behind the eye; ear-coverts chestnut; sides 

 of the lower mandible and chin with a black spot ; breast bluish ashy, 

 slightly tinged with rufescent ; abdomen and under tail-coverts buff', 

 the flanks from the axil deeper buff", each feather ashy at the base with 

 two dark bands, the interspace of which is buff and terminated broadly 

 with chestnut; wings concolorous with the back, the ends of all the pri- 

 maries, except the first, margined to nearly the tip on their outer webs 

 with buff; some of the secondaries also ; asillaries buff". Tail rufous, 

 except the central feathers, which are concolorous with the back. 



Le??y//;.— 14— 15-75 inches, expanse 21 to 23-25, wing 6-25 to 6'8, 

 tail 4 to 4-8. The female is slightly smaller; length 13 to 14-25,' 

 resembles the male, and wants the spur. 



