6. FRANCOLINUS. 151 



Adult female. Differs from the male onlj- in the absence of spurs. 

 Total length 11-6 inches, -wing 6-3, tail 2-7, tarsus 1'6. 

 Hah. N.E. Africa : Shoa. 



n. S »<i- sk. Shoa {Harris). India Museum [P.]. 



(Trpe of the species.) 

 b-d. (S $ ad. sk. Shoa (Harris). India Museum [P.]. 



e. 5 ad. St. Shoa. India Museum [P.]. 



15. Francolinus gutturalis. 



Perdix fruttiu-alis, RiijjpeU, X. Wirhelth. p. 13 (ISSo) [Abyssinia]. 



Francolinus gutturalis, Des Murs in Lefehvre's Voi/. en Abi/ss. p. 148 

 (1845-50) : liiippell, Or». N.O.-Afr. p. 103, pl.'40 (1845) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. iii. p. 505 (1846) ; Hem/. J.f. 0. 1802, p. 412 [Bogos, So- 

 mali] ; Brehm, Reis. Habesch, p. 223 (1863) ; Finsch, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. vii. p. 293 (1870) ; Biaiif. Geol. S,- Zool. Abi/ss. p. 425 (1870) 

 [Senaf^, Anseba] ; Finsch ^- Hartl. Voq. Ost-Afr. p. 584 (1870) ; 

 Heiiffl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 895 (1873); Antin. e Sahad. Cat. 

 The. p. 135 (1873) : 'iid. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, iv. p. 498 (1873) 

 [Abvssinia] ; Schaeck, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 372 (1891) ; 

 Grant, Ihis, 1892, p. 43. 



Scleroptera guttiu-alis, BU/th, J. A. Soc. Beng. xxiv. p. 304 (1856) 

 [Somali] ; Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 248 [Somali]. 



Chcetopus gutturalis, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 882 (1856). 



Adult male. Upper parts similar to those of F. sjyilolcemus ; lores, 

 superciliary stripes, sides of the face, neck, and nape rufous biiff, 

 spotted with black ; ear-coverts whitish brown ; chin and throat 

 white, the feathers at the edges spotted with black. Chest chestnut, 

 each feather witli a mottled grey and buff shaft-stripe. Breast and 

 rest of underparts pale btift', each feather with a black stripe down 

 the shaft or ^nth the shaft white and dividing the black on either 

 side nearly to the end of the feather ; sides and flanks heavily 

 blotched with chestnut and irregularly barred on the outer web 

 with blackish brown. Thighs and under tail-coverts barred with 

 black. Both the primaries and secondaries are more brown and 

 less chestnut than in /'. sjiilohnnus, and the ground-colour of the 

 tail is a trifle less black. A pair of moderate spurs on the tarsi. 

 Total length 12-5 inches, wing 6-5, tail 2-S, tarsus 1-4. 



Adult female. Resembles the male, but is not provided with 

 spurs. Total length 11-9 inches, wing fi-3, tail 2-7, tarsus 14. 



Uab. North-east Africa : Abyssinia, Bogos, Mountains of Somali. 



a. S ad. sk. Anseba Vallev, Julv. W. T. Blanford, Esq 



b. $ ad. sk. Tfkonda, Tigr^, Feb. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 c-ff. (S 2 ad. Senafe, Tigrc^ April, May Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. ( W. Jesse). 



m 



16. Francolinns uluensis. (Plate lY.) 



us uluensis. Grant, lbi<. 1892, p. 44 [Ulu ( 

 [; S/iarpe, Jbis, 18U2, p. 551. 



It is somewhat doubtful whether two specimens collected by 



Francolinus uluensis. Grant, lbi<. 1892, p. 44 [Ulu Country, East 

 Africa]; S/iarpe, Jbi.<!, 18u2, p. 551. 



