156 PHASIANID^. 



Feathers of the fore part of the neck rust-colour, paler towards the 

 shaft, and with a black subterminal mark on either web. Chest and 

 rest of underparts bright buff. All the feathers (except those of the 

 middle of the belly and vent, which are uniform, and the under tail- 

 coverts, which are barred with black) are heavily blotched on one or 

 both webs with dark chestnut, and dotted or margined with black 

 near the extremity ; some of the long flank-feathers are also barred 

 with black on the outer web. The primaries and primary-coverts are 

 chestnut mottled with brown at the extremity ; secondaries paler 

 and barred with brown. Tail blackish brown, barred with bufE 

 and tipped with pale buff. In most the male examples possess fairly- 

 developed spurs and the females do not ; but there are exceptions, 

 such as a female with a moderately-developed spur on the left leg 

 and none on the right, while a male, which is apparently perfectly 

 adult, has the spurs represented by a mere rudimentary pair of 

 knobs on the tarsi. Iris hazel ; bill dusky yellow at the base ; 

 tarsi and feet dusky yellow. Total length 13-5 inches, wing 6-8, 

 tail 3"1, tarsus 1*6. 



Hah. South-eastern Africa west of the Drakensberg Mts. 



a,b. (S 2 ^^- sk. Potchefstroom, April, J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 



Nov. ( T. Ayres). 



c. (S ad. sk. Transvaal. A. Foresman, Esq. [P.]. 



d. 5 ad. sk. Transvaal. Tweeddale Coll. 

 e,f. cJ ? ad. sk. Source of the Vaal River. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Tvpes of the species.) 

 g, h. c? 2 ad. sk. S. Africa. Earfof Derby [P.]. 



i, k. (S2 ad. sk. S. Africa. Mrs. Stirling [P.]. 



22. Francolinus ju^laris. 



Francolinus gariepensis, StricM. i^ Scl. (nee Smith) in Jard. Contr. 



Orn. p. 157 (1852) [Damaraland] ; Monteiro, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 91 



[Benguela] ; Finsck S,- Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 582 (1870) [part.] ; 

 Bocaqe, J. f. O. 1876, p. 305 [CapangoiBbe] ; Socage, Orn. Angola, 



p. 404 (1881) ; Sharpe in Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 599 (1884) 



[part.]. 

 Scleroptera gariepensis, Gurney, in Anderss. B. Damaraland, p. 245 



(1872) [Damara- and Gt. Namaqua-Iands]. 

 Francolinus jugularis, Biittikofer , Notes Leyd. Mus. xi. pp. 76, 77, 



pi. iv. (1889) [Gambos] ; Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 348; Schaeck, Mem. 



Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 342 (1891) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 45. 



Adult male and female. Eesemble F. gariepensis, but the whole of 

 the plumage is somewhat paler ; the lower breast and belly are pale 

 buff, with only a few small spots of chestnut and black, except on 

 the sides and flanks. The black stripes surrounding the chin and 

 throat form a patch of black and white feathers on the front of the 

 neck, more marked in some specimens than in others, and in this 

 respect resembling F. levaillanti. Total length 12 inches, wing 

 6-9, tail 3-2, tarsus 1-6. 



Hah. Western South Africa : from Gt. Namaqualand northwards 

 to Angola. 



