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GALLING. 



Family PERDICID^F. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Pekbix. ( 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. 



FRANCOLIN. 



Perdix Francolinns. 



Perdix francolinus, Latham. Temminck. Vieillot. 



" Cuvier. Lesson. Schinz. 



" " schlegel. 



Francolinus, Brisson. 



Tetrao francolinus, Linn^us. 



Francolinus vulgaris, Stephens. Bonaparte. 



Chcetopus francolinus, Swainson. 



Attagen francolinus, Keyseeling et Blasius. 



Francolin a collier roux, Of the Feench. 



Gemeines Spornfeldliuhn, Of the Geemans. 



Francolino, Savi. 



