50 CLASS AVES. 



the shaft of each feather ; top of the head, brown, 

 white streaked ; thighs, black banded ; spur, blunt ; 

 chest band extended up each side of the neck to the 

 nostrils. Cape of Good Hope, De la Landes. 



Long-beaked Francolin. Perdix Longirostris. 

 Temra. Tetrao Curvirostris. Raffles. 



Red-brown, black spotted ; back feather, yellow 

 edged ; beneath, red-chestnut, spotless ; chest (of the 

 male), bluish-ash. Sumatra. Length twelve inches. 

 The Lanting of the Malays. 



Thoracic Francolin. Perdix Thoracica. Temm. 



Green-brown, black spotted ; chest with a large, round, 

 grey shield, margined, and spotted with red ; belly, 

 yellow, black spotted. Female, not seen. Inhabits 

 India. Length, eleven inches. 



African Partridge. Lath. H. Perdix Afra., Lath. 



Ash-brown, with red, livid, black spots ; shaft of 

 feather, white ; sides of neck, red ; throat, white, but 

 varied with black spots ; sides and chest with large 

 chestnut spots. 



The male of Perdix Gularis, Tem., has long 

 spurs, and therefore might be placed in this section. 



And others again, with a very large bill, are alto- 

 gether destitute of spurs. 



Javan Partridge. Tetrao Javanicus. 111. I7. a bad 

 figure. There is a better. Col. 148, under the name 

 of Perdix Ayamham. Tem. 



Body, black, and grey streaked ; wings, red, black 



