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FKANCOLIN. 
mus, but, singularly enough, the description, which is 
by Breliin, falls into the error of describing what the 
plate does not exhibit, namely, that the egg is larger 
than that of the Bed-leg or French Partridge. In 
the absence of an authentic specimen, I give a copy 
of Badeker’s figure of this egg. 
The male has the top of the head and nape a 
light rufous, with longitudinal stripes of black; forehead 
and sides of the head, with the exception of a large 
oval patch of white extending from the eyes backwards, 
black. The dark rufous collar of the neck having 
some of its feathers tipped with an oval black spot 
with white edges, and a broader band of black feathers 
marked conspicuously with pure white round spots, 
occupy the upper part of the back; below these 
bands the scapularies are well marked out with dark 
brown feathers, broadly edged with light rufous; the 
rest of the back, upper tail coverts, and tail feathers, 
most delicately pencilled with transverse zigzag lines of 
black and white. The upper wing coverts are marked 
out like the scapularies, while the long tertials are richly 
marked with light rufous transverse bands, on a black 
brown ground, the rufous more distinct on the outer 
webs. The primaries and secondaries rich rufous, with 
transverse bands or spots of dusky brown, more or 
less distinct. The throat and breast are pitchy black, 
separated by the rich dark rufous collar round the 
neck; the sides of the chest and all the lower part 
of the abdomen black, with oval white spots, which 
become larger on the flanks and shaded with rufous; 
bottom of abdomen light red, edged with white, while 
the rich rufous of the neck is repeated on the feathers 
of the under tail coverts, which are also fringed with 
white. The feathers on the thighs are barred with 
