BROWN AFRICAN FRANCOLIN. 
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Inhabits the extensive countries of the middle 
regions of Africa, near tho large rivers in the deep 
forests of those parts. 
BROWN AFRICAN FRANCOLIN. 
(Francolinus spadiceus.) 
Fr. corpore supra subtus caudaque intense spadiceis^ vertice col- 
loque superiore dilutioribus, temporibus nudisy caudd longa, 
rotundatd. (Femina midicis?) 
Francolin with the body above and bfeneath, and the tail, deep 
chesnut ; the top of the head and the upper part of the neck 
palest ; the temples naked j the tail long and rounded. {Fe- 
male with the legs smooth ?) 
Perdix spadicea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 644. 4. — Temm. Gall. Ind. 
719. 
Tetrao spadiceus. Gmel. Syst.Nat. 1. 759. 29. 
La Perdrix rouge de Madagascar. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. p. 169. 
Francolin spadice. Temm. Pig. etGall. 3. p.' 6 \ 5 . 
Brown African Partridge. Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 759. 4. 
The male of this species is only known, and was 
discovered by Sonnerat in his voyage to India, in 
the island of Madagascar : the space round the 
eyes is naked, and of a reddish yellow colour : the 
top of the head and the throat are of a brown- 
bister : the rest of the plumage of the upper and 
under parts of the body of a red-brown, slightly 
edged witli olive-grey : the great and middle fea- 
