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them is rufescent white : the feathers of the top 

 of the back are fringed with bright brown, and the 

 six white spots on each are of an irregular form : 

 the feathers on the under parts of the body are 

 striped with six alternate transverse bands of white 

 and black: the scapulars, the wing-coverts, the 

 back, the rump, and the upper tail-coverts, ^are 

 grey-brown, varied with white lines, and large 

 black spots : the transverse stripes on the tail are 

 tinged with reddish white : in other respects the 

 plumage resembles that of the male. 



This bird is common in China, where it is known 

 by the name of Tahe-cou : it is likewise abundant 

 at Bengal, the Isle of France, and Madagascar : it 

 perches, in common with the rest of the Fr^^ncolins, 

 upon trees : its note and appearance are somewhat 

 like those of the Guinea Pintado ; from thence it 

 has been called the Pintado Partridge. 



B. Tarsi bicaljarata, 



B. Tarsi double L>purred. 

 a. GuLA plumis tecte. 

 a. Throat covered with feathers. 



NOISY FRANCOLIN. 



(Francolinus clamata.) 



Fr. corpore nigricante-fusco , pennis lineis angustis conspersisj 

 guld alhida, capite pectoreque Jusco-yiigricantibus, remigibus 

 cinerccscenti^fuscis, (Femina. pedibus muticis.) 



