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GALLIN.E. 



Family PFFBICIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Perdix. ( Brisson.J 



First Section.— FEANCOLINS. 



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 Francolinus. 



Perdix francolinus, 



Francolinus, 

 Tetrao francolinus, 

 Francolinus vulgaris, 

 Chcetopus francolinus, 

 Attagcn francolinus, 

 Francolin a collier roux, 

 Gerneines Spornfeldhuhn, 

 Francolino, 



Latham. Temminck. Vieillot. 

 Cuvier. Lesson. Schinz. 

 schlegel. 

 Brisson. 



LlNNiEUS. 



Stephens. Bonaparte. 



Swainson. 



Keyserling et Blasius. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Savi. 



