380 



PHASIANID^. 



feet] ; Brehm, J. f. O. 1855, pp. 481, 486, 493, 1857, pp. 84, 91, 

 382 ; Heugl. SB. Ah. Wien, xix. p. 302 (1856) ; id. Ibis, 18o9, 

 p. 343 [coast of Abyssinia] ; Blyth, J. A. S. Benq. xxix. p. 386 

 (1860); Heugl. J.f. 6. 1862, p. 409, 1864, p. 272; 'Hartm. J.f. O. 

 1863, p. 319 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 18(i3, p. 125 ; Aiitin. J. f. O. I860, 

 p. 09 ; Blanf. Zool. Abyss, p. 421 (1870) ; Finsch ^ Hartl. Voy. 

 Ost-Afr. p. 570 (1870j ; Fi^isch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 291 (1872) ; 

 Elliot, Man. Phas. ii. pi. 42 (1872) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iii. 

 p. 872 (1873) : Antin. ^ Salvad. Vat. Ucc. p. 137 (1873) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xxi. p. 212 (1884) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, 

 p. 48 [Tingasi]. 



Numida meleagris, Lefeb. Abyss., Ois. p. 142 (1845-50). 



Numida ptilorhynchus. Gray, List Gallince Brit. Miis. p. 43 (1867). 



Adult. Eesembles the male of N. mitrata, but differs from this 

 as well as from all the allied species in haviug a bunch of horny 

 bristles at the base of the culmen : these bristles vary greatly in 

 length and number ; in some fully adult specimens they are largely 

 developed, while in others they are very short and few in number. 

 The upper half of the neck is thinly covered with black feathers ; 

 the margins of the outer webs of the secondaries are finely vermicu- 

 lated with black and white ; the white spots on the greater secondary 

 coverts are more or less confluent and form oblique white bands. 

 In some specimens the inner webs of the primaries have two or 

 three rows of white spots, in others they are uniform dark brown or 

 with only a few spots near the extremity. The absence or presence 

 of white spots is apparently purely individual, and has nothing to 

 do with age or sex. Bare skin of neck, face, and wattles blue ; 

 helmet and bristles pale horny : legs reddish dusky. Total length 

 19 inches, wing 11, tail 6-4, tarsus 3-2, middle toe (with claw) 2-7. 



Hah. Equatorial and North-east Africa, Tingasi, Shoa, Abyssinia, 

 Bogos-Laud, Suakiin, Sennaar, and Kordofan. 



a. Head only. 



h-d. Ad. sk. 

 e. Ad. sk. 



/. $ ad. sk. 



g. S ad. sk. 



h. (S ad. sk. 



i, h. (S 2 ad. sk. 



/, m. 2 ad. sk. 



n, 0. Skeletons. 



46. GUTTERA. 



Guttera, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1225 G. cristata. 



A well-developed crest of black feathers extending from the base 

 of the bill to the occiput, rest of the head and neck naked. Wattles 

 at the angle of the gape very small or well developed. 



Near Suakim. 



Abyssinia. 



Senafe, Abyssinia, May 



( W. Jesse). 

 Kooiiiavli,Abyssinia, April 



( W. Jesse). 

 Arafle, Abvssinia, June 



(TI': Jesse). 

 Aiiseba Valley, Bogos- 



Land. Aug. 

 Shoa, Feb., April (Sir 



W. Harris). 

 Tingasi, Equatorial Africa, 



Aug. 



Capt. R. H. Pentoa 



[P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



W. T. Elanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 



Emin Pasha [P.]. 



Type. 



