6. FEANCOLINUS. 149 



*. cf imm. sk. Taka, Dec. F. J. Jackson, Eaq. 



[P.]. 

 /. $ ad. sk. Lamu. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 m, n. (S ad. sk. Lamu (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



0. (S ad. sk. Melinda (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley CoU. 



p. d" "ad. .sk. E. Africa. Purchased. 



(One of the types of F. rovuma, G. R. Gr.) 

 q. ^ ad. sk. ? Shelley CoU. 



11. Francolinus spilogaster. 



Francolinus spilogaster, Salmdori, Ami. Miis. Civ. Genov. vi. p. 541 

 (1888) [Ilarar] : Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 347 ; Schaeck, Mem. Soc. 

 Zool. Fr. iv. p. 363 (1891) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 42. 



Adult male. Entirely similar to F. HrJci, from which it can be 

 distinguished only by its greater size. Wing 6"5 inches, 

 Mab. N.E. Africa : Harar, Shoa. 



12. Francolinus kirki. 



Francolinus kirki, Ilartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 827 : Cab. v. d. Decken's 

 Reisen, i. p. 60 (1869) ; Finsch S,- Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 588, pi. x. 

 fig. 1 (1870) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 120 [tabora] ; Reich. 

 J. f. 0. 1889, p. 270[Usegua] ; Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 346 ; Schaeck, 

 Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 361 (1891) ; Gra7it, Ibis, 1892, p. 43. 



Francolinus rovuma, Gray, List GaUina Brit. Mm. p. 52 (1867) 

 [part $]. 



Francolinus granti, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 359 [Dar-es-Salaam] ; 

 Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 597 [Melinda, Dar-es-Salaam]. 



Both sexes resemble respectively the male and female of F. 

 .tephcena, but differ in having a dark chestnut oblong spot at the 

 end of the shaft on the feathers of the breast and belly. 



Male. Total length 11 inches, wing .5"7, tail 3-.5, tarsus 1*6. 



Female. Total length 10-5 inches, wing 5-5, tail 3, tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. East Africa, from the Rovuma River to Dar-es-Salaam and 

 Zanzibar Island. 



a, b. (S 2 ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaam (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Rovuma River (C. Living- Earl Russell [P."|. 



stone). (One of the types of F. rovuma, G. R. Gr.) 



13. Francolinus albogularis. (Plate II.) 



Francolinus albogularis, Grai/, List Gall. B. iii. p. 35 (1844) 

 QV. Africa] ; Hartl. J. f. 6. 1854, p. 210 [Gambia] ; id. Om. 

 W.-Afr. p. 201 (1857) ; Grat), List Gallmat Brit. Mus. p. 50 

 (1867) ; id. Hand-l.B. ii. p. 26o, no. 9601 (1870); Schaeck, Mim. 

 Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 385 (1891) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 43. 



Chcetopus albogularis, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 882 (18.56). 



Francolinus albigularis, Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 566 (1882). 



Adult male. Top of tho head rufous brown; nape buff; neck, 



