FRANCOLINUS.
Tail of 14 feathers ; throat feathered; tarsus of 6 spurred (one or two); about Partridge size, frequent hush country nest in a hollow on ground ; eggs yellowish brown, with a few white shell marks.
Francolinus bicalcaratus ayesha Hartert.
6 Above brown, vermiculated black ; crown bully brown, forehead black ; wing coverts, scapulars, and upper back with broad huff streaks on both margins ; beneath chestnut, with double buff or white streaks enclosing drop-shaped black spots ; throat white ; two spurs on tarsus. Bill greenish brown, yellowish
at sides and below. Legs and feet yellowish green. Wing j 175-185, 9 155-166. Tarsus 56-6o. Bill 20-21 (H.). 9 has no spurs on tarsus ; brown on sides of head duller.
Resident.—Morocco (Nlogador and Rabat to Casa Blanca). The typical race " b. bicalcaratus" is W. African.