34CMS.,ONLY FRANCOLIN WITH DISTINCT RUFOUS NUCHAL PATCH,FOUND IN TALL GRASSLANDS NEAR RIVERS AND CULTIVATION,HEAD IS CURVED WITH BROWN IRIS EYES COLOUR,UNIQUE PATTERN OF BROWN COLOUR CROWN AND THROAT COLOUR IS BLACK.THE PRIMARY COLOUR IS BLACK WITH BLACK BREAST, RUFOUS BELLY,WHITE SPOTS ON FLANKS AND GOLDEN BROWN SPOTS AT THE BACK OF BODY,ROUNDED TAIL NARROW BLACK AND WHITE BARS.MALE BLACK FRANCOLIN IS BLACK WITH WHITE PATCH ON THE CHEEK,A CHESTNUT COLLAR,AND WHITE SPOTS ON FLANKS,LEGS ARE REDDISH BROWN TO RED.FEMALE IS MAINLY BROWN,BUT HAS A CHESTNUT HINDNECK.FEMALE HAS UPPER PLUMAGE ,WINGS AND TAIL AS IN MALE BUT BLACK IS REPLACED BY MOTTLED BROWN AND BROWN BARS ON THE LOWER BACK AND TAIL ARE WIDER.FEMALE HAS NO CHEEK PATCH.FEEDS ON SEEDS AND INSECTS.