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NOISY FRANCOLIN. 
Francolin with the body dusky brown, sprinkled with slender 
lines j the throat white ; the head and breast dusky brown > 
the quills grey-brown. {Female with the legs smooth.) 
Perdix clamata, Temm. Gall. Ind. yiy. 
Francolin criard. Temm, Pig. et Gall. 3. 298. 
This species, which is described by Temminck, 
received its name from its harsh and disagreeable 
cry, which is uttered niglit and morning, and 
somewhat resembles the ?>y\\^h\e%crohd-crohd-cro}id- 
hach : it is heard at a great distance. The male 
is about seventeen inches in length : the prevailing 
colour of the plumage is dull grey-brown or bister, 
varied with stripes and spots of grey : the top of 
the head and the occiput are plain brown : the 
feathers on the cheeks and the top of the neck are 
bordered with white ; the throat is nearly white : 
on the breast is a broad gorget of dusky brown, 
each feather having a white longitudinal band fol- 
lowing the direction of the shaft : the whole of the 
plumage of the other parts, upper as well as under, 
is barred with innumerable zigzag lines, following 
nearly the outline of the feathers : the secondary 
■wing-quills and the feathers of the tail are marked 
with reddish zigzag stripes : the greater quills are 
clear grey-brown : the feet are yellow : the spurs, 
which are two in number, are horn-coloured, and 
the lower one is very sharp : the claws are brown. 
The female differs in wanting the spurs, and being 
smaller: she deposits her eggs, which are from 
twelve to eighteen in number, carelessly upon the 
ground. 
