FOULEHAJO. — FRANCOLINUS. 
187 
madagascariensis Reichenbach, Ausl. Singvögel 68. = Ploceus madagas- 
cariensis Gray. 
rubra Reichenbach, Ausl. Singvögel 68. = Ploceus ruber Gray. 
sakalava Gray, Handlist Birds II. 45. = Ploceus sakalava Hartl. 
sechellarum Newton, Ibis 1867. III. 353. = Ploceus sechellarum. 
FOULEHAJO (Meliphagidae. — Foulehaio nom. barbar.) Reichenbach, Handb. 
spec. Ornith. 1853. I. 110. = PHlotis Swains. 
Habitus und am Männchen das Kleid wie Ptilotis, von dem das Weibchen 
ochergelb gefärbt ist. Bei beiden Geschlechtern Fleischzäpfchen am Grunde, 
carunculatus Gray, Handlist Birds I. 157. = Ptilotis carunculata Cass. 
musicus Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 110. = Ptilotis carunculata Cass. 
procerior Gray, Handlist Birds I. 157. — Ptilotis procerior Hartl. 
FRAIVCÖLIIVIIS (Tetraonidae. — Francolin nom. propr.) — Brisson, Ornith. 
1860. — Stephens, Gener. Zool. 1819. XI. 303. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. 
III. 505. 
Synon.: Pternistes Wagl. — Chaetopus Swains. — Scleroptila, Clamator Blyth. — 
Attagen Blas. — Rhizothera Gray. — Didymacis, Ortygornis Reichb. — Scleroptera, Peli- 
perdix Bonap. — Perdicidens Heine. 
Bill more or less long, with the culmen at the base dividing the frontal plu- 
mes, and the apical half arched to the tip, which is obtuse, and sometimes ad- 
vancing much over the lower mandible; the sides compressed ; the nostrils lateral, 
basal, the opening placed in a nasal groove and covered by a hard rounded 
scale. Wings moderate and rounded, with the third, fourth and fifth quills the 
longest. Tail short sometimes nearly concealed by the coverts. Tarsi strong, as 
long as, or shorter than, the middle toe, armed in the males with a spur or tubercle 
on each leg. Toes more or less long, the fore toes united at their base by a mem- 
brane, with the lateral ones nearly equal, the outer rather the longest; the hind toe 
short; the claws moderate and slightly curved. — 40 Specc. 
adspersus Waterhouse, Alex. App. Exped. Disc. II. 267. [Damara. Afr. merid. 
Scleroptera adspersus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 882. 
a fer [Africa. 
Tetrao afer Müller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 129. 
Tetrao nudicollis Boddaert, Tabl. PI. enlum. 11. Tb. 180. 
Tetrao rubricollis . Gmelin , Syst. Nat. I. 758. 
Perdix rubricollis Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 648. 
Francolinus rubricollis Stephens, Gener. Zool. X, 335. 
Pternistes afer Gray, Handlist Birds II. 264. 
afer Temminck, Man. Ornith. == Francolinus africanus Steph. 
africaims Stephens, Gener. Zool. XI. 323. [Africa merid. 
Perdix afra Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 648. 
Francolinus afer Temminck, Man. Ornith. — Layard, SAfr. Birds 270. 
Scleroptila afra Blyth, Cat. Birds as. Soc. 250. 
Chaetopus afer Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 882. 
Scleroptera africana Gray, Handlist Birds II. 265. 
Greywing Partridge. 
ahantensis Temminck == Francolinus ashantensis. 
albigularis Gray, List spec. brit. Mus. III. 35. [Africa occid. 
Chaetopus albigularis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 883. 
Scleroptera albigularis Gray, Handlist Birds II. 265. 
ashantensis Temminck, Bijdr. Dierkde I. 49. Tb. 14. [Ashante. 
Scleroptila ashantensis Gray, Handlist Birds II. 265. 
Asiae Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 882. 953. = Francolinus vul- 
garis Steph. 
benulasa Jerdon, Illustr. Birds India Tb. 42. 
hicalcaratus Gray, Genera Birds III. 505. [Africa occid. 
Tetrao bicalcaratus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 277. — Buffon, PI. enlum. 137. 
Perdix senegalensis Brisson, Ornith. I. 231. Tb. 24. Fig. 1. 
