FRANCOLIN. 
countries to which the epithet of Oriental can- 
not be applied. 
" Aristotle/' concludes BufFon, " ranges 
the Attagen, which Belon conceives to be the 
Francolin, among the pulverulent and grani- 
vorous birds. Belon makes him also say, that 
it lays a great number of eggs, though no 
mention of this sort is made in the place quoted ; 
but it is the necessary consequence of Aristotle^s 
theory with regard to pulverulent granivorous 
birds. Belon relates, on the authority of the 
ancients, that the Francolin was common in 
the Plain of Marathon, being fond of marshy 
situations ; which agrees very well with 
Tournefort's observations respe6ting the Fran- 
colins at Samos." 
