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l>ONDICIlERRY FRANCOLIN. 

 (Francolinus Pondicerianus.) 



Fr. rufus nigro^asciatus, suhtus albus lunulis nigris, redricibus 

 duabus intermediis Jasciis quatiior albidis ; lateralibus, intus 

 nigro-fasciatis. ( Femina pedibus muticis. ) 



Eed Francolin fasciated with black ; beneath white, with black 

 lunules ; the two middle tail-feathers with four white fasciae j 

 the lateral ones internally fasciated with black. {Female with 

 the legs smooth.) 



Ferdix Ponticeriana. Lath, Ind, Orn, 2. 64g» 18.— Trnwi. GalL 

 Ind, p. 722. 



Tetrao Ponticeriana. Gmel. Si/st, Nat. l. 760. 42. 

 Le Perdrix de Pondicherry. Sonner. Voy. Ind, 2. l65. 

 Francolin a rabat, ou a gorge rousse. Temm, Pig, et Gall, 3. 

 332. 



Pondicherry Partridge. Lath, Gen, Syn, 4. 774. 17. — Lath,, 

 Syn, Sup, 221. (female.) 



This beautiful species Was discovered by Son- 

 nerat on the coast of Coromandel, near Pondi- 

 cherry : it is ten inches in length : the beak is red 

 at its base and yellow at its tip: the irides are 

 red : the forehead and the region of the eyes are 

 bright red ; the colour passing over the latter like 

 an eyebrow, and ending on the hind head: the 

 top of the head is of a grey-brown : the breast is 

 alternately striped with whitish yellow and bright 

 brown: the back, the greater and lesser wing- 

 coverts, and the rump, grey-brown ; the edges of 

 the feathers with black spots, and all of them with 



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