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TEARLED FRANX'OLIN. 
Pintado Partridge. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 76 1 . 7. — Lath. Syn. 
Sup^. 2ig. 
Pearled Partridge. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4 . 772. 15 . 
The male of tins beautiful species varies from 
ten to a dozen inches in length : the feathers on 
the top of the head are black, edged with red : 
two longitudinal black stripes commence from the 
base of the beak, one of which passes over and 
surrounds the eyes, the other passes beneath, and 
joins the former ; the space between is pure white ; 
of which colour the throat is also : the feathers on 
the hinder part of the neck are black, with four 
longitudinal white spots ; those on the top of the 
back, the fore-part of the neck, the breast, and the 
lesser wing-coverts, are black, each varied with six 
large rounded white spots : the scapulars are of a 
reddish chesnut, with whitish spots at their tips : 
the back, the rump, the upper wing-coverts, and 
those of the tail at their base, are black, with 
innumerable white bands : the tip of the tail-feathers 
is black : the quills and secondaries are the same ; 
the former varied with broad white bands, the 
latter with small white spots : the belly is whitish : 
the sides are reddish ; both varied with black lines 
of various sizes : the under tail-coverts are red : 
the beak is black, and the feet are bright red : the 
tarsi are armed with a thick and blunt spur, which 
is wanting in the female : this sex differs in many 
respects : it is rather smaller : the head is similarly 
marked, but the two longitudinal bands do not 
extend so far behind the eye, and the space between 
