22 PTKEOCLID^. 



(1884) [Cha^a Dt.] ; id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 117 ; Reichmoic, J. f. O. 

 1887, p. .50 [Wembaere] ; Skellei/, Ibis, 1888, p. 294 [Lan^ora, 

 Eombo, Useii R.] ; id. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 369 [Useri R.] ; Harfi. 

 Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. Heft i. p. 38 (1891) [Gombe ja Jenuju]; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 549 [River Tsavo]. 



Adult male. A broad black band edged on either side with white 

 passes up the middle of the throat and widening out on the chin 

 surrounds the gape ; a white and black superciliary stripe ; top of 

 the head and nape buff, with black shaft-stripes ; sides of the face 

 pale vinaceous buff, shading into darker on the sides of the neck 

 and chest. Feathers of the back of the neck, back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts dull buff barred with black. Scapulars darker, 

 with the black bars more or less confluent and widely tipped with 

 yellowish buff. Greater secondary, median, and lesser wing- 

 coverts buff with one or two rather wide-set black bars. Primaries, 

 primary-coverts, and secondaries black, the inner primaries tipped 

 with white. Axillaries black. Upper breast white, separated 

 from the chest by a narrow black band ; lower breast and belly 

 black, most of the feathers narrowly margined with white ; lower 

 part of leg and tarsus whitish buff. Under tail-coverts bright 

 buff, each with a subterminal black triangular mark. Tail of 14 

 feathers, like the upper tail-coverts, but the outer feathers are tipped 

 with whitish buff. Total length 8-8 inches, wing 6-4, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having no black and 

 white bands on the head, the black bars and markings on the back 

 and wing-coverts following the shape of the feathers, and the neck 

 and chest barred with black. Total length 8*6 inches, wing 6-1, 

 tail 2*6, tarsus 1. 



Hah. East Africa ; about Lake Jipe and Kilimanjaro, and 

 extending in the west to the Wembaere Steppes. 



a,b. c? 2 ad. sk. Kilimanjaro, June. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.]. 



c,d. (5$ ad.sk. Kilimanjaro, June. H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Pterocles variegatus. 



Tetrao (Pterocles) variegatus, Burclifll, Tvai\ S. Afr. ii. p. 345 (1824) 

 [Plains of Litakun]. 



Pterocles variegatus, Smith, Rep. Exjxd. Centr. Afr. p. 56 (1836) 

 [N. of Latakoo] ; Smith, Zonl. S. Afr. pi. x. (1838) [Tsining, W. 

 of I^atakoo] ; Gray, List B. iii. p. 5U ( 1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 519 

 (1845); id. List B. v. p. 3 {\iWi); Laiiard, B. S. Afr. p. 279 

 (1867); Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 269: Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 375; 

 Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 262 [Limpopo & Mariqua R.]; Gurney ed. 

 Anderssons B. Damaraland, p. 242 (1872) [Middle & N. Damara- 

 land & Lake Region] ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 244 ; Shelley, Em, 

 1882, p. 360 [Crocodile R. & Bamangwato]; Rolub u. Pelz. Orn. 

 Sudafr. p. 181 (1882) [Middle & N. Central Africa]. 



Adtdt male. Throat, lores, and superciliary stripes pale grey ; 

 ear-coverts buff; feathers on the top of the head dark brown, with 



