6. FRANCOLIXT73. 145 



M. c? ad. sk. Natal {Gordge). Shelley Coll. 



0. $ ad. sk. Natal. J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 



p. Juv. ik. Durban, March ((?. E. S.). Shelley Coll. 



?> >■• 6 2 s<i- sk. Pinetown, March, June {G. Shelley Coll. 



K S. 4- T. L. Ayres). 



8. $ ad. St. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased. 



t. cJ ad. St. S. Africa. Gould Coll. 



u. S imm. sk. Damaraland. Shelley Coll. 



7. Francolinus schlegeli. 



Francolinus schlegelii, Heurjl. J.f. 0. 1863, p. 275 [Bon^o], 1864, 

 p. 271 [Djur and Kosanga R.] ; id. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869, 

 p. 415; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 898, pi. xxx. (1873); Schaeck, 

 Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 379 (1891) [part.] ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 41. 



? Francolinus buckleyi {Shelley), Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 41 [Accra]. 



Adult male. Top of the head and back of the neck as far as the 

 nape reddish brown ; ear-coverts blackish brown ; rest of the head 

 and neck buff, palest on the throat and darkest on the nape. Back 

 and scapulars light red mixed with brownish grey, with whitish or 

 buff shaft-streaks edged with black and irregular narrow transverse 

 black markings across the webs. Scapulars have a large blackish- 

 brown patch covering the middle third of the inner web. Shoulders 

 and wiug-coverts light red. Rump and upper tail-coverts buff, 

 irregularly barred and vermiculated with blackish grey. Primaries 

 brownish grey ; secondaries with the outer web light red, the inner 

 brownish grey. Tail light red. Chest, breast, belly, and flanks 

 white, with transverse bars of black, some of the latter with light 

 red and chestnut black-edged spots on the outer webs. Thighs and 

 vent white. Under tail-coverts pale buff, with a few wide-set, 

 very narrow blackish bars. A pair of shai*p spurs on the tarsi. 



Hab. Bongo, Equatorial Africa, and perhaps Accra on the West 

 Coast. 



In Captain Shelley's collection there are two female specimens 

 which were obtained by him at Accra in 1872 and may belong to 

 the present species. They differ from the female of F. coqui in 

 having the black lines over the eye and round the throat almost 

 obsolete, the greater part of the basal two-thirds of the inner 

 primaries and secondaries chestnut, and the general tone of the top 

 of the head and upper parts dull grey, with only narrow bars of 

 rufous buff here and there. Possibly these birds may represent 

 a distinct species, but in the absence of male specimens it is im- 

 possible to say. Should the Accra bird prove new, the species may 

 stand as Francoliniui buckleyi, a MS. name given by Captain Shelley, 

 who believes his birds to be distinct. 

 ?a,b. 2 ad. sk. Accra, Feb. (G. E. S.). Shelley ColL 



8. Francoliiius streptophorus. (Plate I.) 



Francolinus streptophorus, Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 126 [Elgon] ; 



Schaeck, Mim. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 361 (1891) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 42 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 550. 

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