DOUBLE- SPURRED FRANCOLIN. 219 



blackish dots disposed in zigzag, transverse, and in- 

 terrupted lines. 



The female, which M. Temminck had not then 

 seen, besides wanting the spurs on the tarsus, is 

 much smaller, so as not to exceed the size of our part- 

 ridge ; the middle of the wing-covers, instead of 

 being entirely brownish black, as in the male, is 

 freckled with light brown, which colour also forms 

 transverse bands on the inner web of most of the 

 primary, and on all the secondary quills ; while in 

 the young bird these bands are light rufous, and they 

 are very well defined on the tail, where there is 

 about six on each feather, separated by a broad 

 space of blackish-brown. The frontlet at the bill 

 advances very much upon the crown, similar to 

 what we see in the Hang-nests (Cassicw}. 



Male. Total length about 12 inches ; bill, from 

 the front, 1 f ; ditto, from the gape, 1 ; wings, G-j 7 ^ ; 

 tail, from base, 3^ ; tarsus almost 2. 



Female. Total length about 10 inches; bill, 

 from the front, \\ ; ditto, from the gape, ^ ; wings, 

 *>T 8 o 3 tail, from the base, 2 ; tarsus, 1^ 8 Q . 



