102 [September, 1846. 



The first of these birds is mottled with the colour of a reddish 

 brown chicken and guinea fowl, (Numida meleagris.) Back and 

 rump lineated with darkish brown and whitish, and a tinge of 

 yellowish brown. Greater wing-coverts, and margins of secon- 

 daries, reddish brown ; breast, belly, sides and under tail-eoverts, 

 dirty white, with scattering feathers of the same. Quills and 

 tail-feathers dusky brown, lineated, and finely speckled like those 

 of the guinea fowl. Two quills in one wing and one in the tail are 

 entirely white. Wings concave and rounded, one foot in length 

 from flexure. First quill an inch and a half shorter than the 

 second, which last is one inch shorter than the third ; 3 8 quills 

 about equal. Tail of fifteen feathers, rounded ; the two middle 

 ones longest and pointed. 



Heads sparsely covered with feathers, almost bare for a consi- 

 derable distance around the eye. Upper mandible dusky, except 

 at tip, which, with the lower mandible, is whitish ; towards the 

 base it is somewhat striated, and covered by a reddish, fleshy 

 cere, elongated at the angle of the mouth into barbies, which, 

 however, are only rudimentary in comparison with those of the 

 guinea fowl. Beneath the skin a distinct, hard, bony ridge can 

 be felt, extending over the top of the head. Another bony ridge 

 extends over the eye, giving it a sunken appearance. The nos- 

 trils are half closed by a fleshy membrane ; sides of head and 

 front, white. Top of head and nape with linear black feathers, 

 elongated on the nape into hackles. Neck and upper part of the 

 breast reddish-brown. Tarsus very stout, with large, divided 

 acutellas ; length 3| inches; middle toe and nail 2f inches. Total 

 length about two feet. 



The second of these birds bears yet more resemblance to a 

 guinea fowl, both in shape and colour, than the preceding, not 

 being so much mottled with reddish-brown feathers, but princi- 

 pally with white. The bill appears to be not so much arched ; 

 the upper mandible is barbled as in the other, and the head is in 

 general the same, Back, shoulders and upper tail-coverts dusky, 

 lineated with whitish like the guinea fowl ; greater wing-coverts, 

 fading into white, the tertiaries being margined with the same. 

 One quill white. Quills like the other as to colour and markings ; 

 3d to 6th nearly equal. From flexure the wing measures 11 

 inches. 



