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cranch's francolin. 



both streaks arising from the base of the beak: 

 sides of the neck, and under parts of the body, 

 white, dashed with brown ; the brown marks largest 

 as they are farthest from the upper parts : the mid- 

 dle of the breast and belly brown for the most part: 

 vent and thighs white : tail short, scarcely more 

 than an inch long, and spread : legs red, furnished 

 with a curved spur as long as the hind claw. In- 

 habits Africa." 



Temminck considers this to belong to his Fran- 

 colin a gorge nue, but the great difference in size 

 bespeaks it another species : this bird being full 

 three inches less, and differing considerably in its 

 markings from the young of the former species, 

 which is the nearest in size ; and is transversely 

 barred beneath, whereas this is longitudinally 

 striped : it differs also in other respects. 



cranch's francolin. 



(Francolinus Cranchii.) 



Fr. corjpore supra cinerascente-hrunneo subtus albido, maculis 

 atro-Jiiscis mriegato ; maculis ventralibus elongatis ferrugineis 

 gula nuda. 



Francolin with the body beneath grey-brown, beneath whitish, 

 varied with dark brown spots, those of the belly elongated and 

 inclining to ferruginous 3 the throat naked. 



Perdix Cranchii. Leach. App, IV, in Congo, Narr. p» 408, 



