320 a hand book of the management of animals 



Length of life in captivity. 



The black francolin does well in captivity in Lower Bengal ; 

 specimens have lived for upwards of ten years. 



(337) THE PAINTED FRANCOLIN. 



(FEANCOLINUS PICTUS— Jerd. et Sell.) 



Hab. — Central and Southern India, Saugor and Nerbudda districts, 

 Cuttack, and Nagpore. 



Length of life in captivity. 



The same as the black francolin. 



(338) THE GREY FRANCOLIN. 

 (FRANCOLIN US PONTICEEIANUS— (Gmel.) ) 



Hab. — Central India. 



(339) THE WOOD FRANCOLIN. 

 (FEANCOLINUS G VL AEIS— (Shaw.) ) 



Hab. — Eastern Bengal. 



(340) THE HILL FRANCOLIN. 



(AEBOEICOLA TOEQUEOLA— (Val.) ) 



Hindi — Ban titur. Peura, 



As this species is not very commonly known in Lower Bengal, 

 a short description it given. 



Male — head and ear coverts rusty ; the sides of the neck and nape 

 the same colour; lores and supercilia black, the latter lined with a 

 narrow white streak ; shoulders, back, and rump olive, with dusky 

 triangular spots, those on the rump being black ; chin and throat black, 

 the outer feathers being margined white ; the neck and upper part of 

 breast bright olive ; below the black of the throat is a circle of white ; 

 the lower breast and belly greyish white ; sides olive, tinged with chest- 

 nut and marked with large white spots ; tail black speckled, with 

 a terminal dark band ; bill black ; irides brown ; legs red ; total length 

 about 10 J to 11 inches. The female differs from the male in having 

 the head and neck olive or olivaceous with black speckles, and the chin, 

 throat, and sides of the neck light chestnut, with black markings ; the 

 neck and the breast olive with a chestnut gorget. 



The shoulder, back, rump, and sides of the specimens in the garden 

 are light ashy. 



j{ab. — Found in the Himalayas from Simla to Sikhim, at elevations 

 from 5,000 to 9,000 feet ; it also occurs in Assam. 



