THE FRANCOLINS. II7 



XVII. THE ULU FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS ULUENSIS. 



Fraiicolhius uluejisis^ Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 18V92, p. 44; id. Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 151 (1893). 



Adult Male.— Intermediate between the last species, F. giittu- 

 ralis^ and the next one, F. africajius. It differs from iJie 

 former and resembles the latter in having a triangular patch of 

 ivhite feathers^ tip/ed with blacky on each side of the neck, and 

 the black marking on the breast and belly arch-shaped^ giving 

 these parts a spotted appearance. From F. africanus it differs 

 in having the inner webs of the primary flight- feathers mostly 

 chestnut. Total length, 12 inches ; wing, 6-5 ; tail, 2*9 ; tarsus, 

 I '6. A pair of sharp spurs. 



Range. — East Africa ; Ulu country. 



The only known examples of this species, both males, were 

 recently obtained by Mr. F. J, Jackson at a place called 

 Machako's in the above-mentioned country. They are par- 

 ticularly interesting, since they supply the intermediate link 

 between the two very distinct forms, F. guttural is from Abys- 

 sinia and F. africanus from South Africa, and inhabit an inter- 

 mediate geographical area. 



XVIII. THE PEARL-BREASTED FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS 

 AFRICANUS. 



Fra?icoli7ius africatius, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 323 

 (1819); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 152 



(1893)- 



Fra7icolinus afer (Latham, 7iec Miill.), Sharpe, ed. Layard's 

 B.S. Afr. p. 595(1884). 

 Adult Male and Female. — General colour of upper-parts, throat 

 and chest very similar to that of the two last species ; breast 

 and under-parts pale buff or whitish, with irregular arch-shaped^ 

 black bars, producing a pearled or ocellated appearance; a 

 large patch of black and 7vhite I ar red feathers on each side of 

 the neck; inner webs of the primary flight-feathers b7-07V7i^ 

 more or less mottled with rufous. Total length, 13 inches; 



