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b. Gula oKBiTisauE nudis; tarsus iubercido et calcare armatus. 
b. Throat and orbits naked ; tarsus, armed with a tubercle and 
a spur. 
CAPE FRAXCOLIX. 
(Francolinus Capensis.) 
Fr. carpore supra cinereo-nigricante, subtiis spadice, macuJis Ion- 
gitudinalibus albis, gula nuda rubra, pectore strigis albis, pe- 
dibus rubris. {Ytmina, pedihus muticis.) 
Francoliu with the body above dusky-grey, beneath chesnut, 
with longitudinal white spots 3 the throat naked and red 5 the 
breast with white striae ; the feet red. {^Female with the les :3 
smooth.) 
Perdis Capensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2 . 643. 1 . 
Perdis nudicoUis. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2 . 644. 5 . r Temm. Gall. 
Ind. p. 720 . 
Tetrao Capensis. Gmel. Spst.Kat. 1 . /5Q. 3/. 
Tetrao nudicoUis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . loQ. 40. r 
Le Gorge nue. Buff. Ois. 2 . 444. 
FrancoUn a gorge nue. Temm. Pig- et Gall. 3. 31/. 
Bare-necked Partridge. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 759* 5. i 
Cape Pairtridge. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 756. 1. 
The male Cape Francolin is fifteen inches and 
a half in length : the feathers of the upper part of 
the head are grey-brown, with a black spot in their 
centre ; those of the hinder parts and sides of the 
neck are brown, with two small white longitudinal 
stripes on their sides ; the top of the back and the 
wing-coverts are deep brown, with a longitudinal 
brown spot in the centre of each feather: the lower 
part of the back and the rump are grey-brown, 
