170 PHASIANID^. 



parts brown, finely vermiculated with black, most of the feathers 

 darker in the middle and paler towards the margins. In some 

 specimens the scapulars are blotched with black towards the ex- 

 tremity and irregularly barred with rufous buff. Primaries and 

 secondaries brown, the outer half of the outer web of the latter 

 mottled with rufous buff. Ear-coverts brownish white ; sides of 

 the face brown, white in front of the eye. Chin and throat white. 

 Sides and front of the neck like the back but paler. Chest and rest 

 of underparts brownish buff, with dark shafts only ; sides and 

 flanks with the whole of the middle of the feathers brown, and only 

 the sides buff, vermiculated with dark brown. Under tail-coverts 

 dark brown, with or without buff margins. Tail blackish brown, 

 irregularly barred and mottled with rufous buff. Iris dark reddish 

 brown. Bill and feet orange. The male is provided with one or 

 two pairs of spurs, the lower pair long and sharp, and the upper, 

 when present, short ; the female has none. 



Male. Total length 13-5 inches, wing 7-3, tail 3-5, tarsus 2-1. 



Female. Total length 12-5 inches, wing 6-6, tail 3, tarsus 1'9. 



Hah. West Africa : Loango coast and Gaboon. 



a, b. S ad. sk. et st. Cape Lopez, W. Africa. M. du Chaillu [C.]. 



c. S ad. sk. Cbinchonxo, Loango. Shelley Coll. 



d-h. (S 2 ad. et Landana, Dec. {Dr. A. Shelley and Petit 

 imm. sk. Lucan). Colls. 



39. Francolinus schuetti. 



Francolinus (Scleroptera) schuetti, Cab. J. f. 0. 1880, p. 351, 1881, 

 pi. ii. [Lunda, Angola] ; Reich. Sf Schalow, J.f. 0. 1882, p. 116. 



Francolinus schuetti, Fischer, Zeit. e/es. Orn. i. p. 382 (1884) [Chaga 

 Dist.] : Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 230 [Kilimanjaro] ; Fischer, J.f. 

 O. 1885, p. 120 [Maurui, Pangaui R., & Lake Nivasha] ; Schaeck, 

 Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. p. 382 (1891) ; Grcmt, Ibis, 1892, p. 50. 



Francolinus altumi, Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 370 [part.]. 



Adult male. Upper surface resembles that of F. squamattis, to 

 which species it is very closely allied, but differs in having the 

 feathers of the neck and mantle more widely margined, and with 

 grey instead of white; none of the scapulars barred with buff; the 

 chest and rest of the underparts like the mantle, but the brown of 

 the middle part is not so dark and merges gradually into the grey 

 margins. Iris brown ; bill and legs coral-red. Total length 13 

 inches, wing 6-9, tail 3-4, tarsus 2-1. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the margins of 

 the feathers on the middle of the breast and belly pale buff instead 

 of dull grey. Total length 12-5 inches, wing 6-6, tail 3-2, 

 tarsus 1*9. 



Bab. West Africa : Lunda, Angola. East Africa : Lake Nivasha, 

 Kilimanjaro Dist., 5000 to 6000 feet, Chaga Dist., and Pangani R. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft. II. II. Johnston, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 I'-ff- d $ ad.sk. Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., June, H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. 

 Aug. [P.]. 



