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v. No chestnut collar or patcli. 



d". Darker F. p. pictus. 



e" . Paler .. .. . .F. p. pallidus. 



b. No submarginal buff band on sca23ulars F. chinensis. 

 B. Quills without transverse bars or spots. 



c. Breast buff with narrow black cross-bars. 

 c\ Darker, centre of throat ochra- 



ceous .. .. . .F. jJ- pondicerianus. 



d'. Paler, centre of throat creamy 



white .. .. . . F . p . interpositus . 



e' . Palest, more grej and less 



chestnut . . . . . .F . p. mecranensis. 



d. Breast brown, with broad longitudi- 



nal white stripes . . . .F. gularis. 



In giving the synonymy of the various races I have as far as 

 possible worked them out geographically, but in many cases the 

 areas and countries referred to overlap, whilst in some no definite 

 locality is given. References to forms which do not occur within 

 the limits of the Indian Empire have not been given. 



Feancolinus feancolinus asi^. 

 The Northern Indian Black Partridge. 



Francolinus asify.— Bonap., Oompt. Rendu. XLII., p. 882 (1856) (Asia), 

 Bree., Ibis, 1863, p. 115. 



Francolinus orientalis eti/ropaus. — Buturlin., Orn. Monatsb., p. 81 (1907) (?) 

 (Greece). 



Tetrao francolinus. — ^Linn. Syst. Nat. I., p. 275 (1766) ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 

 I., (2), p. 756 (1788) (S. Asia). 



Perdix francolinus. — ^Lath. Ind. Orn. II., p. 644 (1790) (Europe, Africa, 

 Asia) ; Temm. Pig. et Gal. III., p. 340 (1815) (part) ; VieUl. Tabl. Ency. 

 Metb. I., p. 214 (1823); Jard. Nat. Lib. Orn. IV., p. 110 (1834) (part). 



Francolinus vulgaris,— Slyth, Cat. B. Mus. Asiat. Soc. p. 251, (1849) (N. 

 India, Persia, etc.) ; Adams, P. Z. S., 1858, p. 502 (Bombay, Bengal, etc.) ; 

 id, ibid, 1859, p. 186 ; Irby, Ibis, 1861 p. 236 (Oudh. and Kumaon) ,• Jerd. 

 B. of I. III., p. 558, (1864) ; Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 203, (Simla to Mussoorie) ; 

 Pelz., Ibis, 1868, p. 383, (Koteghur) ; Hume, N. & E. In. Birds, p. 537 (1873!) ; 

 BaU, Str. Feath. II., p. 427 (1874) (Chota Nagpore) ; Butler, ibid, IV., p. 5, 

 a876) (Deesa); Ball, ibid, VII., p. 225, (1878) (Ganges to Godaveri) ; Hume 

 and Mars. Game-birds, II., p. 9(1879); Reid, Str. Eeath., X., p. 62 (1881) 

 (Lnicknow) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 423 (Chamba) ; Taylor, Str. Feath, X. 

 p. 530 (1881) ; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 175 (Afghanistan) ; Gates, ed. Hume's 

 N. & Eggs III., p. 428 (1890); Blanf. Fauna B. I. IV., p. 136 (1898); Jesse, Ibis, 

 1901, p. 604 (Lucknow) ; id, ibid, 1902, p. 475 (Fyzabad) ; Inghs, Jour. B. N. 

 H. S., XIV., p. 563 (1902) (Behar) ; Jesse, Ibis, 1903, p. 153 (Gogra-Ganges) : 

 Whymper, Jour. B. N. H. S., XVII., p. 232 (1906) (Naini-Tal) ; Ward, ibid, 

 p. 944 (1907), (Jhelum) ; King, Jour. B. N. H. S.,XXI., p. 100 (1911) (Saugor); 

 Osmaston, ibid, XXII. , p. 544, (1913) (Gorukpur) ; Brooking, ibid, XXVL, 

 p. 677 (1919) (Euphrates Valley). 



Francolinus francolinus. — Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. M. XXII., p. 132 (1893). 



Francolinus francolinus asice. — Hartert, Nov. Zool. XXIV., p. 288 (1917). 



YERNAGVLARNAME8.—Tq\x& Kalo-tetra (G^arAwjaZ) ; Kala-titar {Hin.) 



