DOUBLE- SPURRED FRAN COLIN. 219 
blackish dots disposed in zigzag, transverse, and in- 
terrupted lines. 
The female, which M. Temminck had not then 
seen, besides wanting the spurs on the tarsus, is 
much smaller, so as not to exceed the size of our part- 
ridge ; the middle of the wing-covers, instead of 
being entirely brownish black, as in the male, is 
freckled with light brown, which colour also forms 
transverse bands on the inner web of most of the 
primary, and on all the secondary quills ; while in 
the young bird these bands are light rufous, and they 
are very well defined on the tail, where there is 
about six on each feather, separated by a broad 
space of blackish-brown. The frontlet at the bill 
advances very much upon the crown, similar to 
what we see in the Hang-nests ( Cassicus ). 
Male Total length about 12 inches ; bill, from 
(he front, 1 j ; ditto, from the gape, 1 ; wings, ®l 7 o ’ 
tail, from base, ; tarsus almost 2. 
Female. — Total length about 10J inches; bill, 
from the front, 1 } ; ditto, from the gape, ^ ; wings, 
5 t 8 0 ; tail, from the base, 2£ ; tarsus, 1/g. 
