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COMMON FRANCOLIN. 
(Francolinus vulgaris.) 
Fr. corpore supra nigricante-fusco^ subtus colloque atris; hoc 
hypochondriisque maculis alhis siibrotundisy torque auranticy 
Jascid suboculari alba, (Femina ex nigricante et rufo-jiavi- 
cante toto varid.) 
Francolin with the body above dusky brown 5 beneath and neck 
dusky ; the latter and sides of the body with rounded white 
spots ; ring round the neck orange 5 a white fascia beneath 
the eye. (Female varied entirely with dusky and reddish 
yellow.) 
Perdix Francolinus, Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 644. 6. — Temni. Gall, 
Ind.p. 723. 
Tetrao Francolinus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1, 275. 10. — Gmel, Syst, 
Nat. 1. 756. 10. — Briss. Orn. 1. 245. 13. pi. 3.f. 2. 
Francolin. Rail. Syn. p. 54. 4. — Will. p. 125. pi. 31. 
Le Francolin. Buff. Ois. 2. 438. — Biiff. PI. Enl, 147. 148. 
Francolin’ k collier roux. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 340. — Temm. 
Man. d'Orni. p. 303. 
Francolin Partridge. Edw. Glean, pi. 246. — Gent, Mag. xlii. 
pi. in p. 112. — Lath. Gen, Syn. 4. 759. 6. 
This beautiful species is twelve inches and a 
quarter in length : the beak is dusky : irides 
hazel : the upper parts of the head, hind part of 
the neck, back, and wing-coverts, are varied with 
dusky and yellowish rust-colour : the sides of the 
head, chin, throat, neck, breast, and belly, are 
black : on each jaw a white streak : behind the 
eye a patch of the same colour passes forward in a 
streak to the nostrils : round the neck is a rusty 
