FEANCOLINUS. 



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(i.) With defined row of rufous spots on both webs of primaries. 



73. Francolinus vulgaris. The Common Francolin or Black Meadow-Partridgb. 



Kala-titur, India; Kais-titur, Nepal; Tetra, Garhwal ; Vrembi, Mcmipur ; Taroo, 

 Afghanistan, 



Khairadera, 12.10.72. 



S- 12|" to 14J"; 10 to 20 oz. 2 12J" to 14"; 8 to 17 oz. Legs yellow. 

 Bill black. Spurs in both sexes. — Male : Head black. White ear-patch. Chest- 

 nut collar. Upper back and sides of breast black, with white spots on each web. 

 Lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail black, with narrow white bars. — 

 Female: Plumage below buff, with black spots arrow-shaped. Chestnut patch 

 on back of neck. Eump and tail brown, with dark-edged buff bars. Throughout 

 N. and W. India to Assam, but not E. or S. of Manipur. Persia, very common 

 on the banks of the Tigris, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Cyprus. Six to ten 

 eggs (1-56 X 1'28), stone colour. Monogamous and pairs for life. Boosts on the 

 ground, and but rarely perches on trees. (J. 818. B. 1372. 0. 33. O.G. i. 103. 

 H. & M. ii. 9.) 



74. Francolinus pictus. The Painted Francolin or Southeen 

 Meadow-Partridge. 



Titur, Deecan; Kakora-kodi (Telugu). 



$ 11" to 13"; 8J to 13 oz. Legs yeUow-red. Bill blackish. No spurs. 

 Sides of head chestnut, without bands or spots. — Male : Upper back, breast, and 

 flanks black, with white spots. Scapulars black, with submarginal buff bands. — 

 Female: Lower plumage variegated black and white. Throat unspotted. W. 

 and C. India and Ceylon. Six to ten eggs (1-4 x 1-18), drab. The southern 

 representative of F. vulgaris. Found in pairs. Boosts on bushes and trees. 

 <J. 819. B. 1373. 0. 34. O.G. i. 106. H. & M. ii. 19.) 



75. Francolinus chinensis. The Chinese Francolin or Eastern 

 Meadow-Partridge. 

 Hka, Pegu; Nock-kahtah, Siam. 



$■ 12" to 13i"; 10 to 14 oz. Legs brown-orange. Bill black. Crown dark 

 brown. — Male: Black eye-streak, and a second black band from gape to ear- 

 coverts. Neck, wing-coverts, sides, and breast black, with a row of oval white 

 or buffy spots on each web of every feather. Comparatively large spur. — Female : 

 Feathers regularly and closely barred black and fulvous white. Burma and 

 ■China. Six to eight eggs (1-5 x 1-2), pale buff. (B. 1374. 0. 35. O.G. i. 107. 

 H. & M. ii. 27.) 



