THORACIC FRANCOLIN* 



three reddish white stripes : the quills are grey : the 

 secondaries the same, with their outer webs striped 

 with yellowish white : the two middle tail-feathers 

 are grey, spotted with grey-brown, and crossed 

 with four yellow-white bands : the lateral feathers 

 are red at their base, with a black fascia towards 

 their tips, which are reddish white : the belly and 

 the abdomen are white, striped with semicircular 

 bands, and rufous at their edges : the legs are red^ 

 and armed with a strong spur. 



The female differs in being less brilliant in. 

 plumage, and in wanting the spur. 



THORACIC FRANCOLIN. 

 (Franeolinus thoracicus.) 



Fr. corpore supra griseo-Jkisco, maculis fusco-nigris adsperstSf 

 pectore area rotundatd magna grised, margine guttureque 

 rttfis, ventre abdomineque luteo-rufis nigro-maculatis, 



Francolin with the body beneath grey-brown, sprinkled with 

 brown-black spots the breast with a rounded grey area, it& 

 margin and the throat rufous } the belly and abdomen yel- 

 lowish red, spotted with black. 



Perdix thoracica. Temm, Gall. Ind. 723. 



Francolin d Plastron. Tem?n. Pig. et Gall. 3. 335. 



Native of India : only one specimen known,, 

 which is of the male sex : it is described by Tern- 



