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PEARLED FRANCOLIN. 



Pintado Partridge. Lath. Gen, Syn, 4. 76I. J.^Lath, Syn, 

 Sup. 219. 



Pearled Partridge. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 772. 15. ^ 1^. 



The male of this beautiful species varies from 

 ten to a dozen inches in length : the feathers on 

 the top of the head are black, edged with red: 

 two longitudinal black stripes commence from the 

 base of the beak, one of which passes over and 

 surrounds the eyes, the other passes beneath, and 

 joins the former ; the space between is pure white ; 

 of which colour the throat is also : the feathers on 

 the hinder part of the neck are black, with four 

 longitudinal white spots ; those on the top of the 

 back, the fore-part of the neck, the breast, and the 

 lesser wing-coverts, are black, each varied with six 

 large rounded white spots : the scapulars are of a 

 reddish chesnut, with whitish spots at their tips : 

 the back, the rump, the upper wing-coverts, and 

 those of the tail at their base, are black, with 

 innumerable white bands : the tip of the tail-feathers 

 is black : the quills and secondaries are the same ; 

 the former varied with broad white bands, the 

 latter with small white spots : the belly is whitish : 

 the sides are reddish ; both varied with black lines 

 of various sizes : the under tail-coverts are red : 

 the beak is black, and the feet are bright red : the 

 tarsi are armed with a thick and blunt spur, which 

 is wanting in the female : this sex differs in many 

 respects : it is rather smaller : the head is similarly 

 marked, but the two longitudinal bands do not 

 extend so far behind the eye, and the space between 



