FRANCOLINUS LEVAILLANTII. 



AvES.— Plate LXXXV. (Female.) 



F. capite superne brunnco-rubro, phimis bruniieo-flavo margiiiatis ; corvice pallide cinnamomefi fasciis 

 nigro-brunneis albo maculatis tribus longitudinalibus variegata, quarura una inter nucliara et intersca- 

 pulium ; dorso nigro brunneo, griseo, flavo-auranteo, et rubro-aurantio variegato ; pectore ventreque pal- 

 lide rubro-aurantiis, subflavo strigato, plumis versus apiconi nigro-brunnco-fasciolatis; tarsispcdibusque 

 ochreis ; rostro rubro-brunneo versus basin flavo ; oculis vividc rubro-aurantiis. 



LoNGiTUDo c rostri apice ad basin caudre 11- unc. C lin. ; caud;e 2 unc. 6 lin. 



Pekdix Levaillantii, Temm. PI. color, pi. ill. 



Colour. — The front and upper parts of the head brownish red, the feathers 

 edged and tipped with brownish yellow. The neck light reddish orange, 

 rather bright, and variegated by three moderately broad liver-brown bands, 

 spotted with white ; one from the nape to the interscapular and widening as 

 it approaches the latter, the other two, one on each side, arise immediately 

 behind the base of the upper mandible, pass under the eyes, then take a 

 semicircular course and terminate in an expanded blotch, which is coloured 

 and variegated like themselves, and situated immediately in front of the breast. 

 Interscapulars and back varied liver-brown, dull pearl-grey, buft-orange, 

 and reddish orange ; the buff-orange is in the form of longitudinal stripes, 

 the reddish orange in narrow transverse lines, and the grey is chiefly disposed 

 towards the tips of the feathers. Breast and belly light reddish orange, 

 each feather with a longitudinal clear senna-yellow stripe, and semi-trans- 

 verse or oblique liver-brown bars near the tip, the latter is faintly tinted 

 with pearl-grey. The outer vanes of the primary and secondary quill 

 feathers, and a portion of their inner vanes towards the tips are deep reddish 

 orange, elsewhere dull brown, speckled with light reddish orange. Tail umber- 

 brown, and crossed with narrow lines of clear buff-orange, each line edged 

 before and behind with liver-brown. Thighs pale brownish yellow, barred 

 with reddish brown. Legs and toes ochre-yellow. Claws brownish yellow, 

 shaded with reddish brown. Bill reddish brown, with the base of the lower 

 and the margin of the upper mandible near its cutting edge yellow. Eyes 

 bright reddish orange. 



