CEYLON FRANCOLIN. 
Tetrao Zeylonensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, ysg. 38. 
Francolin Habankukella. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3.p. 311. 
Ceylon Partridge. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 4. 758. 3. male. 
Chitygong Partridge. Lath. Syn. Sup. p. 222. female. 
The male Ceylon Francolin measures about 
thirteen inches in length : the head and top of the 
neck have small black feathers with white shafts : 
the throat is white : the cheeks are naked, and 
hue red : the prevailing colour of the plumage on 
the upper parts is ferruginous : the top of the back 
and the wings with black spots, varied with white ; 
those on the wing-coverts arrow-shaped : the quills 
are deep brown : the secondary feathers are fer- 
ruginous, sprinkled with black spots : the feathers 
of the under parts are black, with the middle 
white ; those of the sides the same, with a longi- 
tudinal stripe of white : the abdomen and the tail- 
feathers black : the feet and the beak are red : the 
tarsi are armed with two strong spurs, the upper 
of which is longest ; they are brown-red : the 
claws are brown. The female is not so laro:e as 
the male : the naked space round the eyes is 
smaller : the tarsi are destitute of spurs : the head 
is varied with black and grey : the feathers of the 
back and wings are ferruginous, without the white 
spots, but varied with a spot of black in the middle 
of each : the under parts of the body are rust- 
colour, with all the feathers edged with bright 
red : the quills and the tail-feathers are brown. 
This bird inhabits the isle of Ceylon, and the 
province of Chittygong in the East Indies, where 
it does not appear to be very scarce, although but 
few specimens have arrived in Europe. 
