222 BIEDS OP EGYPT. 



Fam. TETRAONIDJE. 



216. Francolinus vulgaris, Steph. Francolin. 



I only include this species on the authority of Riippell, 

 who says that it is met with singly in the Delta during the 

 winter. 



Male. — Top of the head and nape rufous, streaked with 

 black ; a large patch of white on the ear-coverts ; remainder 

 of the head black ; a broad rufous-brown collar, with some of 

 the feathers tipped with oval black spots edged with white ; 

 upper part of the back black, with white spots ; scapulars and 

 wing-coverts dark brown, the feathers broadly edged with 

 rufous ; remainder of the back, tail-coverts, and tail composed 

 of alternate black and white transverse zigzag lines ; quills 

 rufous brown, with transverse bars and spots of dusky brown ; 

 chest, abdomen, and flanks black, with oval white spots, 

 becoming larger on the flanks ; lower part of the abdomen 

 rufous, with white edges to the feathers ; under tail-coverts 

 rich rufous brown, also edged with white ; feathers of the 

 thighs barred with black and white, and pencilled with 

 rufous ; beak dusky black ; legs reddish brown ; irides brown. 



Entire length 13 inches; culmen 13; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 6 ; tarsus 2. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 259. 



217. Ammoperdix Heyi, Temm. Hei/s Sand-Partridge. 



This species is rare in Egypt and Nubia, but is probably 

 a resident there throughout the year, frequenting rocky dis- 

 tricts, where it prefers running and hiding among the stones 



