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PHASIANID^ 



PBANCOLINUS 



Sexes sometimes alike, sometimes differing considerably ; 

 plumage chiefly mottled and streaked with shades of brown and 

 yellow. 



This is a large genus, containing some forty-five species, chiefly 

 found in Africa but extending into southern Asia from Cyprus to 

 southern China. Out of forty-two African species, recognised by 

 Shelley, ten occur within our limits. 



Fig. 63. — Left foot of Francolinus capensis, g . x \. 



Key of the Species. 



A. Back and scapulai-s with whitish or buff shaft- 

 marks. 

 u. Lower breast and belly pale, uniformly barred 



with black F. coqui, p. 197. 



6. Lower breast and belly not uniformly barred 

 with black. 

 a^. Bump and upper tail-coverts without whitish 

 shaft marks ; below buffy-white, faintly 



mottled with black F. sephcena, p. 199. 



6'. Eump and upper tail-coverts with whitish 

 shaft marks like the rest of the upper 

 surface. 



