682 FRA NCOLINUS PERDIX 



953. SENEGAL FRANCOLIN. 

 FRANCOLINUS BICALCARATUS. 



\ Francolinus bicalcaratus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 277 (1766) ; Ogilvie Grant, 

 Cat, B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 160 ; Dresser, ix. p. 325, pi. 703 ; Perdix 

 senegalensis, Bonn. Tabl. Encycl. and Metli. i. p. 212, pi. 93, fig. 2 

 (1791). 



Hadjel el Sahdra ; Eardgli, Arab. 



$ ad. (Morocco). Fore crown and a stripe on each side black ; rest 

 of crown reddish brown ; superciliary stripe, space in front of the eye 

 and sides of the head white, the last striped with blackish ; hind neck and 

 fore back varied black and rufous and margined with creamy white ; upper 

 parts brown, vermiculated with black, the scapulars and wing-coverts with 

 a submarginal creamy white stripe ; quills and tail dark brown, the former 

 barred, the latter clouded and irregularly barred with warm and rufous 

 buff ; chin and upper throat white ; breast and under parts buff, with a 

 drop-shaped black median spot, barred with buff, and basally bordered 

 with chestnut, the last wanting on the lower flanks and under tail-coverts ; 

 bill greenish at the base, otherwise yellow ; legs dull greenish yellow ;. 

 iris brown. Culmen ri5, wing 7'3, tail 3'25, tarsus 2'6 ; the male has two 

 pairs of spurs on the legs. Sexes otherwise alike. 



Hob. West Africa from the Niger to the Mogador coast ;. 

 Casa Blanca and as far north in Morocco as Rabat. 



But little is on record respecting the habits of this Francolin, 

 which is said to frequent grass lands, and, except during the 

 breeding season, goes in coveys of 5 to 12 individuals. I find, 

 no record of its nidification, but possess two eggs laid in an 

 aviary, which are dull in texture, uniform creamy buff in 

 colour, and measure 1*86 by T40 and T92 by 1*43. 



PERDIX, Briss., 1760. 



954. THE PARTRIDGE. 



PERDIX CINEREA. 



Perdix cinerea, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 645 (1790) ; Naum. vi. p. 478, Taf.. 

 163 ; Hewitson, i. p. 281, pi. Ixxi. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of E. 

 iv. pi. 262 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 13 ; Dresser, vii. p. 131, 

 pis. 474, 475 ; Saunders, p. 501 ; Lilford, iv. p. 118, pi. 52 ; 

 P. damascena, Briss. Orn. i. p. 223 (1760) ; Ogilvie Grant, op. cit. 

 p. 192 ; Tetrao perdi^ Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 276 (1766) ; (Ogilvie 

 Grant), op. cit. p. 185. 



