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Heath-cocks, which they call Meadow- 
partridges ; yet I fuppofe the bird he has 
figured mud: be underftood to be one of 
thefe. This Francolin of mine is alfo a 
native of Bengal, in the Eaft Indies ; for 
it is very exactly figured in a parcel of 
drawings after nature, done in that country, 
at the requeft of the late Dr. Mead, and 
fent to him in London, about twenty years 
before his death, by a friend of the 
Dodtor in India. Tournefort’s print is 
the only figure published of this bird that 
I know of] but that has no defcription 
with it : fo that this of mine may be ac- 
counted the firft hiftory of the Francolin. 
bruyere , qiion appelle perdrix de prairie 
Je crois cependant qiion doit prendre t oifeau 
qu it a reprefente , pour un jnjet de tefpece 
dont il ejl ici queftion . Ce meme Francolin 
fe trouve aufii a Bengale dam les grander 
Indes, car il eft trh exaSlement reprefentS 
dam un recueil de dejf'eins tires dapres nature 
dam le pays mime d la requifttion de feu M. 
Mead , M. D. et qui lui avoient ete envoy es 
d Londres, plus de vingt ans avant fa mort y 
par un ami qiiil avoit aux Indes . La figure 
de Lournefort eft la feule, que je fache, qui 
ait ete publiee de cet oifeau j mats comme il 
ne Pa pas accompagnee dune defcription, on 
pent regarder celle-ci comme la premiere 
hiftoire du Francolin . 
* Voya. au Levant, tom. II. pag, 97. 
CHAP. XXXVII. PL A. 247. 
*The Chinefe Quail, and the Guern- 
sey Lizard. 
/fc "pHIS bird is here figured of its natural 
bignefs : it was etched on the copper- 
plate immediately from nature. I take it 
to be a cock bird. 
The bill is black : the fore part of the 
head, the bread:, fides, and infides of the 
wings, are of a blueifh afh colour : the 
belly, thighs, and covert-feathers beneath 
the tail, are of a dark reddifh orange co- 
lour: the tail feathers, which are hid by 
its coverts, are of the fame orange colour : 
it hath a line of dufky white along the 
middle of the belly : the fides of the breafi: 
are fpotted with black: the throat under 
the bill hath a black fpot furrounded with 
white, and without that a black line from 
each corner of the mouth ; which lines 
La Caille de la Chine, et le Lezard 
de Guernefey. 
E T oifeau eft reprefente ici de fa grof- 
feur naturelle : tl a ete grave Jur la 
planche immediatement dapres nature . Je 
crois que c eft le male . 
Le her eft noir : le devant de la tete y lejlo - 
machy les cotes et le dejfous des ailes font dune 
couleur de cendre bleudtre : le ventre, les 
cuiJJ'eSy et les plumes de couverture du deftous 
de la queue font dun canelle vif tirant fur 
le rouge : les plumes de la queue qui font 
cachees fous leurs couvertures , font de la mime 
couleur : il yale long du milieu du ventre 
une barre dun blanc obfcur : les cotes de l efto- 
mach font mouchetes de noir : la gorge , au- 
dejfous du bee , a une grande marque noire 
entouree de blanc ; et en dehors de ce blanc , 
il part deux barres noires , ftavoir une de 
