(. PTEENI8TES. 173 



legs yellow, dusky on the toes and claws. Total length 17 inches, 

 wing 8-5, tail 4*8, tarsus 2-4. 



Younger males resemble the females in having the scapulars, tail- 

 coverts, and tail-feathers more barred with irregular wavy black 

 and buff bars ; the buff shaft-stripes, too, on the outer scapulars are 

 wider. 



Adult female differs only from the male in having the upper tail- 

 coverts, tail, and outer scapulars barred with wavy bars of buff 

 and black, and the tarsi without spurs. Total length 15 inches, 

 wing 8-1, tail 4*4, tarsus 2-1. 



Hah. X.E. Africa : Bogos, Eastern Abyssinia to Shoa, and 

 westwards to Wogara, 2500 to 11,000 feet. 



a,b. S 2 fd. St. Abyssinia. 



c, d. cJ ad. sk. Abyssinia ( W. Jesse). Ilume and Salvin- 



Godman Colls. 



e. c? ad. sk. Abvssinia. Purchased. 



f. (S ad. sk. ITai'khallat, Tigr^, May (7000 ^V. T. Blanford, Esq. 



feet). fC.]. 



ff. $ ad. sk. Senafe, March (7000 feet). W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



h, i. 2 ad. sk. Senafe, April, May ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



k. cJ ad. sk. Shoa, Feb. (Antuiori). Shelley Coll. 



l-p- 6 2 ad. sk. Ankobar, Shoa, May, July, India Museum [P.]. 



Sept. {Harris), 



q. (S ad. sk. Aramba, Shoa, Dec. (Harris). India Museum [P.]. 



7. PTERNISTES. 



Tvpe. 



Pternistis, Wagkr, Isis, 1832, p. 1229 P. nudicollis. 



Pternistes, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 01 (1840). 



Similar to FrancoUnus, but with a naked throat. 

 Ranr/e. Africa. 



Koj to the Species. 



A. Feathers of the back and scapidars with 

 dark brown shaft-stripes, 

 fl. Neck-feathers black, with white or pale 

 buti margins. 

 fl'. Feathers of the lower breast and belly 

 uniform black, or blaclv or rufous 

 brown with a white band down the 

 centre, and often a blackish shaft- 

 streak, 

 fl". Feathers from the gape to the cheek 

 black (freckled with white in the 

 females and young). 

 a'". Sides of the feathers of the lower 



breast and belly black : with spiir,~. nudicollis c)' . p. 174- 

 b'". Sides of the feathers of the lower 

 breast and belly rufous brovm ; 

 no spurs nudicollis $, p. 174. 



