PARTRIDGE. 271 



7— BROWN AFRICAN PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix spadicea, Ind. Orn. ii. 644. 



Tetrao spadiceus, Gm. Lin. i. 759. 



Francolin spadice, Temm. Pig. Gall. 8vo. iii. p. 315. 



La Perdix rouge de Madagascar, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 169. Sonnin. Buf. vii. p. 57. 



Tab. Enc. Orn. p. 208. 

 Brown African Partridge, Gen. Syn. iv. 759. 



SIZE of the Common Partridge ; length twelve inches. Bill 

 yellow ; irides fine red ; round the eye bare, and dull orange ; the 

 general colour of the plumage dirty red brown ; top of the head, 

 and hind part of the neck deepest, and most inclined to brown ; tail 

 rather long, barred irregularly with black ; legs fine red, and fur^ 

 nished with two slender sharp spurs behind. 



Inhabits Madagascar. — M. Sonnerat does not mention the female. 



8.— FRANCOLIN PARTRIDGE. 



Perdix Francolinus, Ind. Orn.n. 644. Gerin. t. 241. 242. Nat. Misc. pi. 773. 

 Tetrao Francolinus, Lin. 275. Gm. Lin. i. 756. Bris. i. 245. t. 23. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 68. 

 Francolin a Collier roux, Tern. Man. d'Om. 303. Id. Ed. ii. 483. Id. Pig. Sf Gall. 



v. iii. 340. 

 Tetrao orientalis, Hasselq. It. 278. Id. Voy. 203. 43. 

 Francolino, Attagen Aldr. Raii, 54. 4. Will. 125. t. 31. Olin. Uc. t. p. 33. Zinnan. 



Uov. 28. t. 3. f. 6. 

 Le Francolin, Buf. ii. 438. Id. Sonnin. vii. 31. t. 54. f. 2 — Mas. PL eni. 147. 148. 



Voy. en Barb. i. 270. Encyc. Orn. 214. pi. 95. f. 2. 

 Francolin Partridge, Gen. Syn. iv. 759. Ediv. pi. 246. Tournf. Voy. 4to. i. pi. p. 



412. Id. 8vo. ii. pi. 1. p. 111. Gent. Mag. xlii. pi. p. 112. 



SIZE of a Common Partridge ; length twelve inches and a 

 quarter. Bill dusky ; irides hazel; over the eyes naked and red; 

 the upper parts of the back, the neck behind, and wing coverts 

 variegated with dusky in the middle, and yellowish rust-colour on 

 the margins of the feathers ; but the lower part of the back and 



