At 04:19 PM 9/4/97 PDT, you wrote:

"The bird had a chicken like head with a red beak and red cheek patches. It
was quite large almost the size of a goose. It had a strange shape, almost
like a raccoon, or an armadillo, really humped. It was a uniform grey colour
with tiny white spots that were slightly larger on the sides. The neck was
chickenish too and sloped down to a light brown area just at the base of the
neck. The legs were thick and grey. "

Have you checked out the South African Rednecked Francolin?
That's what your description sonds like to me.

Mickey Gibson
Sequim, WA