FEANGOLIN. 



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GALLING. 



Famihj PERDICIDjE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Perdix. fBrisson.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak short, compressed, strong, naked at the base; 

 superior mandible arched, convex, and much curved near the point. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, half closed by a membrane, arched, and naked. Feet with 

 three toes in front and one behind, those in front united by a membrane 

 up to the first articulation. Tail composed of fourteen to eighteen feathers, 

 short, wedge-shaped, and turned towards the ground. Wings short, the 

 three first primaries the shortest, the fourth and fifth the longest, the fifth 

 generally the longest. 



FRANCOLIN. 



Perdix francolinus. 



Perdix francolinus, 



Francolinus, 

 Tetrao francolinus, 

 Francolinus vulgaris, 

 ChcEtopus francolinus. 

 At t a gen francolinus, 

 Francolin a collier roux, 

 Gemeines Spornfeldhalin, 

 Francolino, 



Latham. Temminck. Vieillot. 

 CuviER. Lesson. Schinz. 

 schlegel. 

 Brisson. 



LlNN^US. 



Stephens, Bonaparte. 



swainson. 



Keyserling et Blasius. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Of the Italians. 



Specific Characters. — Upper tail coverts and tail beautifully marked with 

 black and white, (male,) or with broader bands of grey and white, (female.) 

 A red collar round the neck of the male, bordered on the back below 

 with another band of black feathers and round white spots. Under tail 

 coverts in both sexes dark red. Length of male thirteen inches; wing 

 from carpus six inches; tarsus two inches; middle toe and claw one inch 

 and three quarters; beak one inch and three tenths. Female eleven inches 

 and a half Ions:. 



