384 phasianid-t:. 



Nuinida granti *, Grant, WuUc acrcm Africa, p. 37 (1864) [Uofogo] ; 



Elliot, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 584; id. Mori. Phas. ii. pi. 48 ! (1872) ; 



Hartl. Ahh. nnt. Ver. Brem. xii. p. 39 (1S91) [Xguni]. 

 Niuuida ellioti. BartlHt, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 652, pi. Ixv. [Mombasa] ; 



Schit. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 539. 

 Guttera pucherana, Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 244. 



Adult male and female, DifFor from G. cristata and G. edouardiin 

 having the spotting continued right up to the base of the naked 

 neck. The naked skin round the eye and top of the head, the chin 

 and throat, and the rudimentary wattles at the angle of the gape 

 are red ; the back and sides of the neck blue, and the plait of skia 

 at the back of the neck is much larger and deeper than in the 

 above-mentioned species. Total length 20 inches, wing 10-8, tail 5, 

 tarsus 3-6, middle toe (with claw) '2~. 



Hah. East Africa, from Zanzibar to the Tana E,., and westwards 

 into the interior. 



a. Ad. sk. Kilimanjaro. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Melinda {Kh-k). Shelley Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Masai-Land. H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Pangani River (Kirk). SheDey CoU. 



4. Guttera plumifera. 



Numida plumifera. Cassin, P. Ac. Philnd. viii. p. 321 (1856) ; id. 

 Junrn. Ac. Philad. iv. p. 6, pi. 2 (1858) [Cape Lopez^; Du Chaill. 

 Expl. Equat. Afr. p. 155 (1861): id. Ibis, 1861, p. 303; Sdat. 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 120 ; Grai/, List Gallince Brit. Mm. p. 44 (1867) ; 

 Elliut, Mon. Pkas. ii. pi. 47 (1872). 



Adult male and female. Closely resemble G. pucTierani, Imt the 

 crest is composed of thin straight feathers growing upwards ; the 

 bluish-white spots on the body are rather smaller, wider apart, and 

 whiter. The wattles at the angle of the gape are much more de- 

 veloped ('5 inch in length). The naked skin of the head and neck is 

 stated by Cassin to be "dark,"' probably bluish purple ; bill bluish 

 horn, lighter at the tip : legs dark blackish brown t. Total length 

 2o inches, wing 9-6, tail 4'5, tarsus 3, middle toe and claw 2'5. 



Less mature specimens have the naked parts, especially on the 

 chin and throat, more or less thinly covered with black feathers. 



Hah. W. Africa, from Cape Lopez to Loango. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Cape Lopez. P. B. Du Chaillu [C.]. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Landana. M. L. Petit [C.]. 



* There can be little doubt that the bird met with by Grant was G. puchcrani; 

 this can be seen at once from the coloration of the naked skin of the head 

 and neck, which is correctly described. If the figure of y. gra/i/i given in 

 Elliot's ' Monograph ' had the spotting on the breast continued up to the 

 neck, the plate would do well enough for G. puchcrani, of which the coloration 

 of the naked skin is incorrectly represented on pi. 46. 



t The one described by Cassin is evidently immature, for he says : — " throat 

 and upper part of neck covered with short velvet-like feathers in the male, 

 naked in the female." 



