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black centre stripe ; those of neck white, with black stripe, 

 very broad ; feathers of breast, belly, and flanks, dark 

 brownish-black, with a white stripe running up each side of 

 the shaft ; chin, fore part of throat, and space round the eye, 

 bare, and bright crimson. Length, 13" to 15" ; wing, 7" ; 

 tail, 4|". 



The " red-necked pheasant " is only found in wooded districts, such 

 as the fcrests of George and the Knysna, where it replaces F. Clamator, 

 and which it resembles in all its habits,^-the call is, however, different. 

 Mr. Atmore has it on his farm at Kykoe, in the Long Eloof ; and I am 

 informed that it is very common on the frontier. About Swellendam, 

 likewise, it is plentiful ; and at Mr. Moodie's farm, Grootvadersbosch, it 

 is equally abundant as the common pheasant. On this farm I killed 

 all four FrancoUns usually found in the colony, viz., F. ClamatoVy F. 

 Nudicollis, F. Afer, and F. Levaillantii. 



523. Francolinus Adspersus, Waterhouse; 



Alex. Exp. of Discov., Vol. 2, p. 267. 

 Throughout of a mottled, brownish-grey, brownest on the 

 back and wings, where the marking is finest ; below, the white 

 and dark-brown are pretty evenly divided into narrow, irregu- 

 lar transverse lines ; on the neck they assume the appear- 

 ance of scales ; from the base of the bill over the nostrils 

 is a small black patch ; a black line also extends from the 

 angle of the bill under the eye ; bill and legs red ; and there 

 appears a bare space round the eye, probably red. Length, 

 12" ; wing, 7" ; tail, 3^" 



Found about the Orange River, and northward through tha country 

 to Ovampoland. It appears from all accounts to be very common, 

 and to replace the '* pheasant," which it somewhat resembles. 



524. Francolinus Swainsonii, Sm., z. s. a., 



p. 13. 



General colour, brown ; each feather of the back with a 

 dark stripe down the centre, and finely mottled ; under parts 

 rusty, or yellowish-grey ; the breast and lower part of neck 

 darkest, each feather marked in the course of the shaft by a 

 very dark umber stripe ; chin, throat, and space round the 

 eyes bare, and of a colour between lake and vermilion-red ; 

 top of head brocoli-brown. Length, 14" ; wing, 8" 3" ; 

 tail, 3" 6'" 



The expedition under Dr. A. Smith first found this Francolin in a 

 valley immediately south of Kurichane, perching on the branches of 

 decayed trees near the margin of a small rivulet. To these places they 

 appear to resort at night, feeding by day ou the banks of rivers. In 



