148 PHASIANID^. 



10. Francolinus granti. 



Francolinus pileatus, Ruppell {nee Smith), Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 106 

 (1845) [Shoa] ; Guer. et Lafr. Fen: et Gal. Voy. Abyss, p. 250 

 (1847) ; Heuql. J. f. O. 1862, p. 413; Fischer, J. f. 0. 1878, 

 p. 293 [Malindi] ; Fischer Sr Reich. J.f. O. 1878, p. 250; Hartl. 

 Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. p. 118 (1880) [Lado]. 



Francolinus, sp., Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 113 [Unyamuezi]. 



Francolinus granti, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 665, pi. 39. fig. 1 

 [Unyamuezi] ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 265, no. 9668 (1870) ; 

 Finsch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 589 (1870) ; Hewjl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. ii. p. 891 (1873) ; Fischer, J. f. 0. 1879, pp. 284, 300, 303 

 [Malindi, Tana E.] ; Fischer 8r Reich. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 339 

 [Kipini] ; Sharpe, in Layard^s B. S. Afr. p. 594 (1884) ; Fisch. 

 Zeit. ges. Orn. i. p. 382 (1884) [Pare, Chaga, Kilimanjaro, Ngaruka, 

 Nguiuman) ; Fischer, J.f. O. 1885, p. 119 [Bagam'oyo, Pangani, 

 Mombasa, Laniu] ; Reich. J. f. O. 1887, p. 52 [S. & E. of Victoria 

 Nyanza] ; Shelley, Ibis, 188S,p. 303 [Taka, Manda Is.] ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1888, p. 48 [Lado] ; id. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 370 [Useri R.] ; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 346 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. p. 40 (1891) 

 [Ussambiro] ; Schaeck, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 358 (1891) ; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 42 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 551 [Ulu country 

 & Victoria Nyanzaj. 



Francolinus rovuma. Gray, List Gallinee Brit. Mus. p. 52 (1867) 

 [part._ c?]. 



Francolinus schoensis, Heugl. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869, p. 415 

 [Sboa]. 



Francolinus schoanus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 891, pi. xxix. 

 fig. 2 (1873) ; Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xxi. pp. 210, 272 

 (1884) [Shoa] ; Hartert, Kat. Mus. Senckenb. p. 195 (1891). 



Francolinus ochvogaster, Hartl. J.f. 0. 1882, p. 327 [Upper Nile]; id. 

 Beitr. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. viii". p. 218 (1882) ; Reich. Sf Schalow, 

 J.f.0. 1883, p. 409 ; Schaeck, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 357 (1891). 



Francolinus kirki, Sclat. {nee Hartl.) P. Z. S. 1884, p. 389 [Berbera, 

 Somali]. 



The old and young of both sexes are quite similar in plumage to 

 F. sephcena, but the dark chestnut spots do not extend so far down 

 on the chest. In size the present species is also much smaller. In 

 a very old male specimen the lower chest, breast, and rest of the 

 underparts are nearly pure buff, the markings being only very faintly 

 visible on the sides. 



Male. Total length 11 inches, wing 5-5, tail 3'5, tarsus 1'7. 



Female. Total length 11 inches, wing 5'3, tail 3, tarsus 1*5. 



Hah. East Africa from about 5° S. to 10° N. lat. and east of 

 about 31° E. long. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Shoa {Harris). India Museum [P.]. 



b-d. (S $ ad. sk. Lado, Equatorial Africa, Emin Pasha [P.]. 



March, April. 



e. cJ ad. sk. Wakkala, Equatorial Afiica, Shelley CoU. (One 



April {Fmin Pasha). of the typical specimens 



of F. ochrogaster, Hartl.) 



/. 2 ad. sk. Duriima, July. Dr. F. M. Hilde- 



brandt [C.J. 

 g-i. c? 2 ad. et Uaeri River, July. H. C. V. Hunter, 



imm. ■ sk. Esq. [P.]. 



