GALLINiK. 
Fa?nily PERDICID^. f Bonaparte.) 
Genus Perdix. ( Brisson.J 
First Section.— FRANCOLINS. 
Generic Characters . — Beak short, compressed, strong, naked 
at the base; superior mandible arched, convex, and much 
curved near the point. Nostrils basal, lateral, half closed by 
a membrane, arched, and naked. Feet with three toes in 
front and one behind, those in front united by a membrane 
up to the first articulation. Tail composed of fourteen or 
eighteen feathers, short, wedge-shaped, and turned towards the 
ground. Wings short, the three first primaries the shortest, 
the fourth and fifth the longest, the fifth generally the longest. 
FKANCOLIN 
Perdix FrancoUnus. 
Perdix francolimis, 
FrancoUnus, 
Tetrao francolinus, 
FrancoUnus vulgaris, 
Chcetopus francolinus, 
Attageyi francolinus, 
Francolin a collier roux, 
Gerneines Spornfeldhuhn, 
Francolino, 
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Latham. Temminck. Vieillot. 
Cuvier. Lesson. Schinz. 
ScHLEGEL. 
Brisson. 
LiNNiEUS. 
Stephens. Bonaparte. 
SWAINSON. 
Keyserling et Blasius. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Savi. 
