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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 spaSe round ^the eye, 

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

 tail, 4J". 



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

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

 and whidh it resembles in all its habits, the call is, however, different. 

 Mr. Atmore has it on his farm at Kykoe, in the Long Kloof; 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 Francolins usually found in the colony, viz., F. Clamator, F. 

 Nudicollis, F. Afer, and F. Levaillantii. 



523. FranCOUnm-Jldto Waterhouse ; 



AlexT^Exp. of Disco v., 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 f&L- Length, 

 12"', wing, 7"; tail, 3J" ^M^^ 



Found about the Orange River, and northward through the country 

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

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



524. Francolinus Swainsoriii, 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 'on the banks of rivers. In 



