THE FRANCOLINS. I33 



FrancoltJiiis petiti, Bocage, J. Sc. Lisb. vii. p. 68 (1879). 

 Francolinus rnodcstus, Cabanis, J. f. O. 1889, p. 89. 



Adult Kale and Female. — Feathers of back of neck and mantle 

 reddish-brown^ blotched tuith black and edged with white; rest of 

 the upper-parts brown, with darker centres, and finely mottled 

 with black ; under-parts brownish-buff, with the shaft of the 

 feathers only dark. 



Male with one or two pairs of spurs, the lower one long and 

 sharp. Totallength, 13-5 inches; wing, 7-3; tail, 3*5; tarsus, 2-1. 



Female. — Somewhat smaller; wing, 6-6 inches. No spurs. 



Range. — West Africa ; Loango Coast and Gaboon. 



XLi. schuett's francolin. francolinus schuetti. 



Francolinus schiietti, Cabanis, J. f. O. 1880, p. 351, 1881, pi. 

 ii. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 170 (1893). 

 Adult Male. — Very similar to F. squama tus, but the feathers 

 of the neck and mantle are more widely margined, and with 

 grey ; the feathers of the middle of the breast and belly are 

 dull grey round the margins, shading into brown towards the 

 shaft. Total length, 13 inches; wing, 6*9; tail, 3*4; tarsus, 



2"I. 



Adult Female. — Differs slightly from the male in having the 

 feathers of the middle of the breast and belly margined with 

 pale buff. Somewhat smaller; wing, ^-d inches. 



Ramge. — West Africa, from Lunda, Angola ; East Africa, 

 Lake Naivasha, Kilimanjaro district, 5,000 to 6,000 feet, 

 Chaga district, and Pangani River. 



XLII. THE AHANTA FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS AHANTENSIS. 



Francolinus ahantensis, Temm. Bijdr. tot dc Dierk. i. p. 49, 

 pi. 14 (1854); Biittikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 231 

 (1885); xi. p. 126 (1889); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Bijt. 

 Mus. xxii. p. 171 (1893) 



