FRAN COLIK. 
on the fioor. Their cry is a kind of loud 
whistle, audible at a great distance. Franco- 
lins live much in the same manner as Par- 
tridges: their flesh is exquisite ; and, sometimes, 
preferred to that of Partridges or Pheasants. 
Linnsus takes the Damascus Partridge 
of Willughby for the Francolin. But we 
may observe, 1st. That this Damascus Par- 
tridge is rather Bclon's, who-, first took notice 
of it, and whom Wilhighbv onlv copied : 
2dly, This bird differs from, the Francolin — 
both in the size, which is inferior to that of 
the Common Partridge, according to Belon ; 
and in it's plumage, as will easily be perceived 
hy comparing the figures. Besides, i^s legs 
are featliered, wliicli prevented Belon from 
classing it witli the Plovers. Linnaeus should 
also have admitted the Francolin of Tourne- 
fort, as the same wich that of Olina which 
Willughby mentions. Lastly, the Swedish na-' 
luralist is m.i.staken, in tixing exclusively oiu 
the Fast as tlie climate of tlie Francolin ; for, 
as I have already observed, it is found in Sicily, 
lialy, Spain, and Barbary, and in many other 
