2 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 11. N:0 5. 



thystine, but in others appears green. The remainder of the 

 upper parts, wings and tail slaty black, wing-quills a little 

 more brownish. The black tail-feathers are provided with a 

 narrow, dark grey apical band which is very little defined 

 above, but a little better below. Throat grey with a mineral 

 brown tinge produced by minute frecklings. Lower parts 

 otherwise slate grey, extremely finely freckled with mineral 

 brown. These frecklings produce a decided brown tinge on 

 the upper breast, but on the other parts they are less dense 

 and, although the colour is made less pure by them than it 

 would have without them, they are hardly visible except 

 under the magnifying glass. On the tips of the under tail 

 coverts the brown frecklings are again concentrated as to 

 produce more or less conspicuous brown edges. Under wing 

 coverts and flanks slaty black. »Iris scarlet, legs påle crim- 

 son.» Length of wing 172 mm. 



The female of Turturoena sharpei is evidently generally 

 darker above and less brown below than the female of T. 

 delegorguei. 



Francolinus mulemae Grant. — 3 specimens probably 

 all from Elgon, but only one fully labeled: »Z'wani Swamp, 

 Elgon, B. E. A., ^4 1914. Iris brown, legs yellowish drab.» 

 Having determined the specimens as above, I sent one of 

 them to Professor Reichenow for comparison, and he kindly 

 replied that the specimen sent to him represented his Fran- 

 colinus adolfi-friderici. It is thus with full authority stated 

 that the latter is identical with Fr. midemce, as has been 

 supposed. 



Astur tachiro tenebrosus n. ~ 1 c? from Londiani ^^/-a 

 1914. 



The whole bird above and below black. The under parts 

 darker than the darkest shade of »warm sepia» (Dauthenay: 

 Rép. de Coul. 305, 4) without any markings. The upper 

 parts still darker except that the basal parts of the feathers 

 of the nape are white. The wing-quills a little paler »warm 

 sepia» (305, 2) so that darker transverse bars can be seen; 

 these are better visible on the more greyish under side of 

 the quills. The dark brown tail-feathers have three small 

 white transverse spöts on the inner web which gradually 



