FRANCOLIN PARTRIDGE. MALE. 
Tetrao Francolinus. 
Le Francolin. 
Francolin. 
Francolin Partridge. 
Lm. Syst. i. p. 275. 10. 
Bris. Orn. i. p. 2 4 5. pi. 5 . fig. 2 . 
Ediu . 2 4 6. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 7 5 9. 6. 
This very beautiful bird is met with in Spain, Italy, and the several 
islands in the Mediterranean; in Barbary, Egypt, and Asia Minor, and 
even as far as Bengal in the East Indies. 
In size it is rather larger than the common Partridge, which it very 
much resembles in many respects ; yet, upon a close examination, it differs 
from the Partridge, not only in the colour of its plumage, but in the ge- 
neral shape ; and more particularly so in having a spur on each leg, 
where the Partridge has only a callous tubercle. 
Like the Partridge also, it feeds on grain, is very easily reclaimed, and 
with proper care will breed freely in our menageries. The subject of tins 
Plate was the male ; every effort was used to procure a female, but without 
effect. 
