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FBANGOLINUS VULGAKIS. 



(FRANCOLIN.) 



The Francolin, Edw. Glean. Nat. Hist. v. p. 75, pi. 246 (1758). 



Perdix francolinus, Briss. Orn. i. p. 245, pi. xxiii. fig. 2 (1760). 



Tetrao francolinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 275 (1766). 



Francolinus vulgaris, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 319 (1819). 



Perdix heplurnioe, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 55 (1832). 



Attag en francolinus (L.), Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 65 (1840). 



Francolinus tristriatus, Bp. Compt. Bend. xlii. pp. 882, 953 (1856). 



Francolinus asia?, Bp. ut supra (1856). 



Francolinus henrici, Bp. ut supra (1856). 



Choetopus francolinus, Swains, (ubi 1 ?) fide Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 59 (1867). 



Francolino, Italian ; Turatz, Turkish. 



Figura? notabiles. 



Edwards, Gleanings, pi. 246 ; D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 147, 148 ; Werner, Atlas, Gallinaces, 

 pi. 11 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 259. 



d ad. pileo et nucha fuscis, centraliter nigricantibus : pilei postici lateribus et nucha ima albo notatis : torque 

 collari ferrugineo-castaneo : collo imo postico nigro, albo notato : dorso, scapularibus et tectricibus 

 alarum nigro-fuscis, ochraceo et ochraceo-albo notatis : remigibus nigro-fuscis, rufescenti-ochraceo 

 fasciatis : uropygio et supracaudalibus nigris, albo fasciatis : cauda, nigra, versus apicem immaculate et 

 alibi albo fasciata : capitis lateribus, gula, gutture et pectore nigris : plaga magnti suboculari alba : 

 abdomine rufescente, albido notato et fasciato : hypochondriis nigris, conspicue albo guttatis : sub- 

 caudalibus castaneis, albo apicatis : rostro nigro : iride brunnea : pedibus rufescenti-aurantiacis. 



2 ad. pileo, nucha et corpore supra sordidioribus, torque collari nulla, sed collo postico rufescenti-castaneo : 

 uropygio et supracaudalibus saturate fuscis, pallide brunneo vermiculatis et marmoratis et albido 

 fasciatis : cauda ut in mare, sed vix fusco marmorata. : capitis lateribus albidis, nigricanti notatis : stria 

 superciliari albida : mento et gula superiore albis, corpore reliquo subtus albo ochraceo lavato et con- 

 spicue nigricanti fasciato et notato : subcaudalibus castaneis, versus apicem pallide brunneo et nigro 

 notatis. 



Adult Male (Meander valley, Anatolia, February). Crown and nape wood-brown, the feathers having 

 blackish centres, which are largest on the forehead ; sides of the hind crown and lower nape marked 

 with white ; a broad collar round the neck rich chestnut-red ; hind neck below this black, spotted with 

 white; back, scapulars, and wing-coverts blackish brown, varied with bright ochreous and whitish 

 ochreous ; quills blackish brown, broadly barred with rufescent ochreous ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 black, narrowly and distinctly barred with white ; tail black, more broadly barred, except towards the 

 tip, with white; sides of the head black with a long white patch below and behind the eye; chin, 



