FRANCOLIN. 
his Voyage to the Levant, has placed, against 
his Description of Birds in the Isle of Samos, 
a print of this very bird I have figured ; which 
he calls, on the plate — ^* A Francolin ; a 
sort of Fowl frequenting the Marshes." — - 
Though he has not mentioned anv thing of a 
Francolin in his text, but speaks of Heath- 
cocks, which they call Meadow Partridges ; 
yet, I suppose, the bird he has figured must be 
understood to be one of these. This Franco- 
hn of mine is also a native of Benoal, in the 
East Indies ; for it is very exaiftly figured in a 
parcel of drawings after nature, done in that 
country, at the request of the late Dr. Mead, 
and sent to him in London about tweniv yeais 
before his death, by a friend of the Doctor in 
India. Tournefort's print is the onlv figure 
published of this bird that I know of; but 
that has no description with It : so that this of 
mine may be accounted the first History ot the 
Francolin." 
BufFon observes, that the name Francoliil 
has been bestowed on very ditTerent birds. 
** We have," says he, aheady seen it ap- 
plied to the Attagcnj and, from a [lassage o£ 
Gcsner, 
