112 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



viL Hubbard's francolin. francolinus hubbardl 



Fnincolhius huhbardi^ Grant, Bull. B.O.Club, iv. p. xxvii. (1895). 

 {Plate XI a.) 



Adult Male and Female. — Similar to F. coqui, but having the 

 entire breast uniform buff, without any black bars. Total 

 length, 10 inches; wing, 5"6. 



Range. — Nassa district, Victoria Nyanza. 



vni. schlegel's francolin. francolinus schlegeli. 

 Francolinus schlegelii, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 275; id. Oin. 

 N. O.-Afr. ii. p. 898, pi. xxx. (1873) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 145 (1893). 

 ? Francolinus buckleyi, Shelley MS. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 41. 



Adult Male — Differs from the male of F. coqui chie^y in having 

 the shoulders, wing-coverts, and outer webs of the secondary 

 flight-feathers uniform light red. 



Two female specimens {F. buckleyi) from Accra, now in the 

 British Museum, which originally formed part of the Shelley 

 collection, may prove to be the females of this species. They 

 differ from the female of F. coqui in having the black stripes 

 over the eye and round the throat nearly obsolete, the basal part 

 of the inner primary and secondary flight-feathers chestnut, and 

 the upper-parts greyer. 



Range. — Bongo, Equatorial Africa, and perhaps extending to 

 Accra on the West Coast. 



b. In the following species the breast and flanks are riot whitish- 

 buff, uniformly barred with black. 



IX. the ring-necked francolin. francolinus 



streptophorus. 



Francolinus strep topho7'us^ Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 126, 



id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 145, pi. i (1893). 



Adiilt Male. — General colour above brown, below buff; the 



sides of the head mostly bright chestnut ; eyebrow stripe, 



