LONG-BEAKED FRANCOLIN. 
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birds comprised in this genus there is a great dis- 
similarity to those of the following ; these residing 
in damp places and perching upon trees, whereas 
the latter always rest upon the ground. 
A. Tarsus maris calare uno. 
A. Tarsus of the male with one spur. 
LONG-BEAKED FRANCOLIN. 
(Francolinus longirostris.) 
Fb. corpora supra rufo-fusco atro maculato, pennis dorsi luteo 
marginatis, subtus ferrugineo-riifo immacidatOf pectore ci- 
nereo-C(Erulescente. (Femina pectore haud cceridescente.') 
Francolin with the body beneath red-brown, spotted with dusky; 
the feathers of the back edged with yellow ; beneath rusty-red, 
immaculate ; the breast grey- blue. {Female with the breast 
scarcely blue.) 
Perdix longirostris. Temm. Gall. Ind. p, 721. 
Francolin ^ long bee. Temm. Pig, et Gall. 3. 323. 
This remarkable species is distinguished from 
the other of the genus by its large beak, which is 
almost as long as that of the Peacock ; whereas 
the bird is only about fourteen inches in length : 
its throat, the sides of the head, the upper part of 
the neck, the belly, and the sides, are yellowish 
rust-colour, without spots : the top of the head, 
the occiput, the upper part of the back, and the 
