6. FRAxcoLixrs. 163 



30. Francolinus gedgii. 



PFrancolinus riippelli, Hartl. Abh. nut. Ver. Biem.\i\.-^. 118(1881) 



[Lado] * 

 Francoliuus gedgii, Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 124 [Elgon Plains] ; Schaeck, 



Mhn. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 867 (1891) ; Grunt, Ibis, 1892, p. 47 ; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 551, pi. xiv. 



Adult male. Diifers from F. cJappertoni in having the top of the 

 head and the ground-colour of the rest of the upper parts very dark 

 brown ; the white margins to the feathers of the upper parts nar- 

 rower and confiued to the sides of the feathers ; none of the wing- 

 coverts and only a few of the scapulars with traces of buff bars ; 

 and the tarsi, though the bird is a perfectly adult male, with only 

 one pair of blunt spurs. This last character is, however, of little 

 importance. Bill dark brown, yellowish at the base ; iris dark 

 brown ; legs brown in front, reddish brown behind. Total length 

 12 inches, wing 7'5, tail 2-S, tarsus 2-4. 



Hah. Central East Africa : Elgon Plains. 



a. cf ad. sk. Elgon Plains, Feb. — Gedge, Esq. [P.]. 



31. Francolinus hartlaubi. 



Francolinus sp. ?, Bocarje, J. Sci. Lisb. i. p. 337 (1869). 



Francolinus hartlaubi, Socage, J. Sci. Lisb. ii. p. 350 (1869); id. 



J.f. O. 1870, p. 305; id. Orn. Angola, p. 408 (1881) [Capan- 



gombo, Iluilla, Mossamedes] ; Sharpe, in Layard's B. S. Afr. 



p. G02 (1884) ; Grant, Ibis, 1891, pp. 125, 120 ; Schaeck, Mem. 



Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 380 (1891) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 47. 



Immature male. Above ashy brown, spotted and dotted with 

 fulvous and black ; these spots are less conspicuous on the rump. 

 Top of the head dark brown, with a little space on the forehead 

 black, behind which there is a narrow white baud, which is pro- 

 longed on cither side of the head in a white superciliary streak. 

 Ear-coverts reddish brown ; sides of the head, neck, and under- 

 parts strongly striped with brownish black on a white ground, 

 slightly washed with yellow on the lower parts of the abdomen and 

 flanks. Under tail-coverts white, widely barred with blackish. 

 Quills pale brown, dotted -with buff on the outer webs and on the 

 edges of the inner. Tail-feathers blackish, barred and edged with 

 white. Eill very strong, black, with the edges and tip yellowish ; 

 feet pale pinkish yellow. 



This species ajjpe.ars to be closely allied to F. clappertoni. 



Hab. Western South Africa : Mossamedes. 



32. Francolinus icterorhynchus. 



Francolinus icterorhvnchus, Heugl J.f. 0. 1863, p. 275, 1864, p. 27 

 [Hongo]; id. Pete'rm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869, p. 415; id. Orn. N.O- 

 Afr. u. p. 894, pi. 29. tig. 1 (1873) [Djur,Kosanga] ; Hartl. Abh. 



* I have little doubt that the specimen obtained by Eniin Pasha at Lado 

 is the siiiue as the bird from Elgou. It miglit be F. icterorhynchus as far as 

 locality is concerned ; but specimens of this species were also included in the 

 collection described by Hartlaub ; it is incredible that it should be the Abyssinian 

 species. 



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