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(females), while tropical East African birds present the following 

 figures: 93-97 (males) ; 93.5-99 millimeters (females). 



Bannerman *^ has recently reviewed the systematics of the harle- 

 quin-quail. Besides the typical form of continental Africa he recog- 

 nizes G. d. histrionica Hartlaub *^ of Sao Thome, distinguished by 

 its darker coloration, and G. d. arahica, new at that point (type 

 locality, Lahej, Yeman Province, southwestern Arabia), of southern 

 Arabia, characterized b}' being much paler brown than the nominate 

 form. I have seen no specimens of either hlstrionwa or arahica and 

 can not pass judgment on them. They seem to be valid, as their 

 respective regions frequently produce races distinct from the parent 

 stock of the African mainland. 



Aside from the specimens taken, Mearns noted this bird as follows : 

 Lake Rudolf, July 5-8, 3 birds; Box Canyon near Lake Rudolf, 

 July 9, 3 seen; southeast of Lake Rudolf (from the southern tip of 

 the lake to about 25 miles southeast of it), July 10-12, 16 birds ob- 

 served ; Indunumara Mountains, July 13-18, 230 birds, mostly near a 

 spring where they came to drink; plains at base of Endoto Moun- 

 tains, July 19-20, 200 birds ; 27 to 45 miles south of Malele, July 30, 

 20 seen; Guaso Nyiro River, July 31 to August 3, 50; Lekiundu 

 River, August 4-8, 30 birds ; Tana River, August 16, 1 seen. 



Family PHASIANIDAE 



FRANCOLINUS SEPHAENA GRANTII Hartlaub 



FrancoUnus grantii Hartlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1865, p. 665, pi. 39, fig. 1, 

 1866: Unyamwezi country, Tanganyika Territory. 



Specimens collected: 



One adult male, spring south of Black Lake Abaya, Ethiopia, 

 March 26, 1912. 



Eleven adult males, one immature male, and five adult females, 

 Gato River near Gardula, Ethiopia, March 27 to April 25, 1912. 



One adult male, one immature male, and one adult female, Bodessa, 

 Ethiopia, May 25, 1912. 



One adult male, Sagon River, Ethiopia, June 4, 1912. 



One adult male, Tertale, Ethiopia, June 8, 1912. 



One adult male and one adult female, El Ade, Ethiopia, June 13, 

 1912. 



One adult female, Turturo, Ethiopia, June 16, 1912. 



One immature male, Yebo, Ethiopia, June 21, 1912. 



One adult male, two adult females, and one immature female, 

 Endoto Mountains, Kenya Colony, July 20-23, 1912. 



"Bull. Biit. Orn. CL, vol. 49, 1929, pp. 108-109. 

 *• Rev. Mag. Zool., 1849, p. 495 ; Sao Thom6 Island. 



