THE FRANCOLINS. I27 



Stripes down the middle of the feathers; some of the flank- 

 feathers blotched with deep chestnut ; greater part of the inner 

 webs of the primary flight-feathers uniform buff. Male with 

 two pairs of spurs. Total length, 14 inches; wing, 7-4; tail, 

 3-1; tarsus, 2-3. 



Range. — The Soudan ; Kordofan, Darfur, Bornu. 



Habits. — Very few examples of this rare species have been 

 obtained, and the only notes on its habits are those given by 

 the discoverers, who say that it frequented sand-hills covered 

 witli low shrubs, and was very difficult to procure, owing to the 

 speed with which it ran. 



XXXI. gedge's francolin. francolinus gedgii. 

 Francoli?ius gedgii^ Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 124; id. Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 163 (1893); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 

 551, pi. xiv. 



Adult Male. — Like K clappertoni^ but has the top of the head 

 and ground-colour of the rest of the upper-parts very dark 

 broivn ; the white margins to the feathers are very narrow 

 and confined to the sides of the webs. A pair of blunt spurs. 

 Total length, 12 inches; wing, 7*5; tail, 2-8; tarsus, 2-4. 



Range — Central East Africa ; Elgon Plains. 



The only specimen as yet obtained was a male shot by Mr. 

 Ernest Gedge, who accompanied Mr. F. J. Jackson on his 

 journey to Uganda, and after whom it has been named. It is 

 reported to be fairly common on the Elgon Plains, but is 

 apparently very local, as it was not met with anywhere else. 



XXXII. hartlaub's francolin. francolinus hartlauei. 



FrancoIi?ius hartlaubi^ Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. ii. p. 350 (1869); 



id. Orn. Angola, p. 408 (1881); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 



Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 163 (1893). 



We have never seen an example of this species, which appears 



to bQ nearly allied to F, cla^pertoni^ but, according to Professor 



