Table 5. 
Foods eaten by the gray francolin according to 
season and number of crops in which each was found 
a a al 
Foods 
Sp. Su. Fall Wi. 
Plant 
Abutilon sp. 
Acacia sp. 
Brassica campestris 
Capparis aphylla 
Celosia sp. 
Cephalandra indica 
Citrullus colocynthis 
Cyperus rotundus 
Dactyloctenium aegyptium 
Dactyloctenium scindicum 
Echinochloa colonum 
Eragrostis minor 
Eriochloa procera 
Farsettia jacquemontii 
Gynandropsis gynandra 
Indigofera sp. 
Lathyrus sativus 
Launaea nudicaulis 
Mukia scabrella 
Panicum antidotale 
Panicum turgidum 
Pennisetum typhoideum 
Phaseolus aconitifolius 
Phaseolus radiatus 
Rhynchosia sp. 
Scirpus sp. 
Setaria verticillata 
Solanum nigrum 
Sorghum sp. 
Tephrosia purpurea 
Tribulus sp. 
Triticum vulgare 
Zizyphus sp. 
Unidentified 
Indian mallow 
mustard 
cockscomb 
a cucurbit 
wild watermelon 
flat sedge 
a grass 
a grass 
jungle rice 
a lovegrass 
a wild millet 
a cruciferae 
indigo 
wild pea 
a compositae 
a cucurbit 
panic grass 
panic grass 
bajra, a millet 
pulse 
pulse 
a legume 
bullrush 
bristlegrass 
black nightshade 
sorghum 
a legume 
wheat 
jujube 
grass 
67 
Parts Eaten 
seeds 
seeds 
flower buds 
flowers 
pods 
seeds 
leaves 
seeds 
seeds 
fruit skin 
seeds 
seeds 
rhizome 
seeds 
spikelets 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
flower buds 
pods 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
inflorescence 
leaves 
fruit skin 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
rhizome 
seeds 
fruit 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
seeds 
fruit 
blades 
Season 
MPN wo 
Pr 
re ho FX ON OO Fe ho ho 
CO — bh 
ie) i 
Ne FRPEN Ph Ww 
& 
PNW PPP RKP WENNFE PWN 
me Wee 
