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CEYLON FRANCOLIK. 



Tetrao Zeylonensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 759. 38. 

 Francolin Habankukella. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3.p» 311. 

 Ceylon Partridge. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 7^8. 3. male. 

 Chitygong Partridge. Lath. Syn. Sup. p» Til, female. 



The male Ceylon Francolin measures about 

 thirteen inches in length : the head and top of the 

 neck have small black feathers with white shafts : 

 the throat is white : the cheeks are naked, and 

 fine red : the prevailing colour of the plumage on 

 the upper parts is ferruginous : the top of the back 

 and the wings with black spots, varied with white ; 

 those on the wing-coverts arrow-shaped : the quills 

 are deep brown : the secondary feathers are fer- 

 ruginous, sprinkled with black spots : the feathers 

 of the under parts are black, with the middle 

 white ; those of the sides the same, with a longi- 

 tudinal stripe of white : the abdomen and the tail- 

 feathers black : the feet and the beak are red : the 

 tarsi are armed with two strong spurs, the upper 

 of which is longest ; they are brown-red : the 

 claws are brown. The female is not so large as 

 the male : the naked space round the eyes is 

 smaller : the tarsi are destitute of spurs : the head 

 is varied with black and grey : the feathers of the 

 back and wings are ferruginous, without the white 

 spots, but varied with a spot of black in the middle 

 of each : the under parts of the body are rust- 

 colour, with all the feathers edged with bright 

 red : the quills and the tail-feathers are brown. 



This bird inhabits the isle of Ceylon, and the 

 province of Chittygong in the East Indies, where 

 it does not appear to be very scarce, although but 

 few specimens have arrived in Europe. 



