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NpISY FRANCOLIN. 



Francolin with the body dusky brown, sprinkled with slender 

 lines ; the throat white 5 the head and breast dusky brown j 

 the quills grey-brown. {Female with the legs smooth.) 



Perdix clamata. Temm, GalL Ind. 717. 



Francolin criard. Temm, Pig, et GalL 3. 298. 



This species, which is described by Temminck, 

 received its name from its harsh and disagreeable 

 cry, which is uttered night and morning, and 

 somewhat resembles the syllables crohd'Crohd'Crohd- 

 hack : it is heard at a great distance. The male 

 is about seventeen inches in length : the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage is dull grey-brown or bister, 

 varied with stripes and spots of grey : the top of 

 the head and the occiput are plain brown : the 

 feathers on the cheeks and the top of the neck are 

 bordered with white : the throat is nearly white : 

 on the breast is a broad gorget of dusky brown, 

 each feather having a white longitudinal band fol- 

 lowing the direction of the shaft : the whole of the 

 plumage of the other parts, upper as well as under, 

 is barred with innumerable zigzag lines, following 

 nearly the outline of the feathers : the secondary 

 wing-quills and the feathers of the tail are marked 

 with reddish zigzag stripes : the greater quills are 

 clear grey-brown : the feet are yellow : the spurs, 

 which are two in number, are horn-coloured, and 

 the lower one is very sharp : the claws are brown. 

 The female differs in wanting the spurs, and being 

 smaller: she deposits her eggs, which are from 

 twelve to eighteen in number, carelessly upon the 

 ground. 



