G. FRANCOLINUS. 17]^ 



40, Francolinus ahantensis. 



Frnncolinus alianten.sis, Temm. Bijdr. tol de Dierk. i. p. 40, pi 14 

 V.^» [Ah-'^ntn, Gold Coast]; Hartl. Orn. ir.-^/)-. p.ii02 (ifo;) • 

 B.thkofer, ^otesI^,d Mus.xu.^.2?A{lBS5) tLiieria & Gold 



(1891) ; &Vfm^, Ibis, 1892, p. 51. ^ 



Francolinus asliantensis, Gmy, Z/«< (?«//»*«, Brit. Mus. p. 51 (1867) ; 

 id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 265, no. 9665 (1870). 



.-1(Z«7< male and female. Upper parts closely resemble those of 

 i^. s'/w,„„<„.9, but the feathers of the back of the neck are blacker 

 and more distinctly edged with white on the sides only. An iU- 

 aetined whitish superciliary stripe ; lores brownish buff;' rest of the 

 sides ot the face and car-coverts brown. Chin and throat white ; 

 front and sides of the neck blackish brown, edged xrith white on the 

 sides. Chest pale brownish, each feather margined on either wel) 

 by a white band edged on each side with blackish brown ; feathers 

 ot the breast and rest of underparts the same, but ^-ith the middle 

 pait of the feather darker towards the extremity. Under tail- 

 coyerts brown, vermiculatcd with black and edged 'with buff at the 

 extremuy. ins brown; culmeu black, lower mandible coral-red- 

 legs and leet pale coral-red. 



i^"'"; '^t''^ ^?''^^^ ^^ "^^'^^^' ^i^g ^-3, tail 3-4, tarsus 2. 

 ^.«^«Z. Total length 13 inches, wing G-7, tail 3-2, tarsus 1-S. 

 Hub. West Africa : Gold Coast, Liberia. 



I' I ad' sk" ??^^°"^' ^^"^^^- Sl^^Uey Coll. 



b. ^ ad. sk. Alisada, Fantee, Nov. {Gov. Shelley Coll. 



UssJier). 



41. Francolinus jacksoni. 



&W Mem Soc. Zool. Fr,^. p. .36.3 (1891); Grant, Ibis, 189^ 

 p. oi, pi. 1. ; Mai-pe, Ibis, 1892, p. 552. 



Adult male. Forehead, lores, and fore part of cheeks dull red 

 Chin and upper part of throat white, with narrow rufous shaft- 

 streaks. Superciliary stripes, hinder part of cheeks, and lower part 

 of neck the same, but with wider rufous shaft-streaks. Top of the 

 head and nape reddish brown, with narrow black and grey vermi- 

 cula ed margins. Ear-eoverts light brown. i\eck, chest", breast 

 and belly bright chestnut, each feather margined on both sides with 

 white, speckled in some with black. Feathers of the upper back 

 with darker chestnut centres, and black and grey vermiculated 

 margins the chestnut gradually disap],earing towards the lower 

 back and on the shoulders, where the whole featliers are finely 

 vermiculated with black and grey, and only brownish red towS 



k'nn? tl ^"'"f ""''^^ ^'"-^' ^^ ^"°^P ^''^^^ "^<^Ii-»g to 

 PeX f r ""T ^"'"-'=°^^rts, upper tail-coverts, and tail. 

 Feathers of the sides, Hanks, lower belly, and under tail-covert^ 



