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plants, which it digs up with the beak : the female 
deposits from ten to eighteen eggs of an olive-hue, 
spotted with brown. 
PEARLED FRANCOLIN. 
(Francolinus perlatus.) 
Fb. nigro-spadiceuSy collo tectricibus alarum et partibus infe- 
rior ibus giittis maculisque albis conspersis, dor so remigibus 
secundariis tectricibusque caudce nigro rufoque transversim 
striatis, fascia, per oculos alter<ique irfra nigris. (Femina 
corpore subtus transversim striato.) 
Deep chesnut Francolin; -ndth the neck, wing-coverts, and 
under parts of the body, sprinkled with spots and freckles of 
white; the back, secondary quills, and tail-coverts, transversely 
striated with black and rufous; a stripe through the eyes 
and one beneath black. {Female with the body transversely 
striped beneath.) 
Perdix perlata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 648. 15. — Temm. Gall. Ind, 
p.yo.i. 
Perdix Madagascariensis. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 645. 8. 
Perdix Sinensis. Briss. Ois. 1 . 234. 9. pi. 28. a. f. 1. 
Tetrao Madagascariensis. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 756. 31. 
Tetrao perlatus. Gmel. Spst. Nat. 1. 758. 36. 
Tetrao Sinensis. Osb. Voy. China. 2. 326. 
Francolin perle. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 326. 
Le Francolin de PIsle de France. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 166. 
pi. 97. ^ 
Perdrix perlee de la Chine. Buff, Ois. 2. 446. 
