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Definition of Francolins
1. francolin [n] - See also: francolin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Francolins
Literary usage of Francolins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates by Anne Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1879)
"A Melancholy Exile, and a Dish of francolins.—Bivouacking by the River. January Q///,
1878.—For a party of old travellers, such as we arc, our start this ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"Other francolins, which inhabit more open country and at night remain upon the
... A bag of from ten to twenty brace of these francolins can be secured by a ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"... one of the bare-throated francolins, is commonly found in the plantations at
the lower altitudes—not, I think, above 7500 feet. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"ment to the francolins, as they subsist for the most part on small bulbous plants,
... The francolins assemble in the evening in families on the trees, ..."
5. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"Schaeck on the francolins. [Monographie des francolins. ... Those who want to
name their specimens of francolins will therefore, in our opinion, ..."
6. Lares and Penates, Or, Cilicia and Its Governors: Being a Short Historical by William Burckhardt Barker (1853)
"Cilicia abounds in francolins and partridges; the latter are of the ...
Partridges and francolins arc also approached by a man holding in his hand a light ..."
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