3*. THE PAINTED FRANCOLIN. 



Francolinus pictus, QARDINE AND SELBY). 



No chestnut on the hindneck. 

 Sides of the head of one uniform colour 

 without bands or spots. 



MALE: Throat spotted; white bars on 

 the rump very distinct and straight. 



FEMALE : Throat unspotted; white bars 

 on the rump indistinct and wavy. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Kala titur, 

 Marathi ; Titar, Poona, Satara, etc. ; 

 Kakera Kodi, Telugu. 



THE Painted Francolin, or Painted Part- 

 ridge, occupies that portion of the penin- 

 sula of India in which the preceding 

 species is absent. Its northern limit is 

 therefore very much the same line that 

 defines the southern limit of the Black 

 Francolin, and south of this line it is 

 found in suitable localities down to Ceylon 

 The Painted Francolin appears to be 

 absent or rare in certain tracts such as 

 Mysore and portions of the Malabar 

 coast. Messrs. Hume and Marshall give 

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