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2. P. I. muha-nied-hen-ahdullah. — Somaliland (except northern 

 and northeastern parts) and northern Kenya Colony (Jiibaland) 

 west to the Lorian sWamp, and northeast of the Northern Guaso 

 Nyiro, and to Marsabit. 



3. P. J. hoUernnvLlleri. — South Ethiopa (lowlands of southern 

 Shoa and the Abaya Lakes district to Kenya border, where it inter- 

 grades with the preceding). 



4. P. I. infuscatus. — Southern Kenya Colony from the north of 

 Mount Elgon and Lake Baringo, through the Kikuyu, Ukambani, 

 and southern Masai districts to northern Tanganyika Territory, 

 south to the Pangani River. 



5. P. 1. keniensis.— The interior of Kenya Colony from the 

 Northern Guaso Nyiro River to Mount Kenia. 



Of the so-called P. I. hiUmensis I have seen the type and one 

 other. I consider this form identical with infuscatus. 



The extent of the whitish area on the remiges varies in all the 

 races. The outermost primary extends as much as half an inch 

 beyond the white patch on the inner web of the next remex in some 

 birds while in others it either just reaches the tip of the white area 

 or falls just short of it. On the average the white is slightly more 

 extensive in males than in females. 



In identifying specimens of this francolin subspecifically, consid- 

 eration must be allowed for the condition of the plumage. Fresh 

 feathers have wide terminal white areas bordered laterally with 

 slightly lighter, more grayish brown than the brown of the length 

 of the feathers. These lighter tips wear off, giving a worn specimen 

 a darker appearance. 



PTERNISTES LEUCOSCEPUS LEUCOSCEPUS (Gray) 



Francolinus leucoscepus G. R. Gray, List. Spec. Bds. Brit. Mus., pt. 5, 

 Gallinae, p. 48, 1867: Ethiopa (new name for Perdix rubricollis Cretzschmar 

 not Gmelin). 



Specimens collected: 



Male and female Sadi Malka, Etliiopia, December 21, 1911. 



Male, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, January 26, 1912. 



Two males, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 4-10, 1912. 



Soft parts: (male), bare skin of chin and throat red, changing to 

 yellow on upper neck. 



These five specimens are not typical leucoscepus^ but are nearer to 

 that form than to any other. They are intermediate in coloration 

 between the typical race and muhamed-hen-dbdullah. C. H. B. 



