114 ALLEN'S naturalist's LIBRARY. 



general habits, so far as one can gather from the scanty 

 notes on the subject. 



XL grant's francolin. francolinus grantl 

 Francolmus granti, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 665, pi. 39, fig. i ; 



Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 148 (1893). 

 Francolinus sc/wamis, Heugl. Orn. N. O.-Afr. ii. p. 891, pi. xxix. 



fig. 2 (1873). 

 Francolinus ochrogasfer, Hartl. J. f. O. 1882, p. 327. 



This species is a smaller representative of F. sephcefia in 

 East Africa, and both sexes differ only from those of the latter 

 bird in being less in size. 



Male. — Total length, 11 inches ; wing, 5-5 ; tail, 3*5 ; tarsus, 

 i'7- 

 Female. — Somewhat smaller, and devoid of spurs. 

 Range. — East Africa, extending from about 5° S. to 10° N. 

 lat. and inland to about 31° E. long. 



XII. kirk's francolin, francolinus kirki. 

 Francolinus kirki, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 827 ; Finsch and 

 Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 588, pi. x. fig. i (1870); Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 149 (1893). 

 Adult Male and Female. — Closely resemble in plumage the 

 male and female respectively of both F. sephcena and F. 

 gra?iti, and in size agree with the latter species; but they are 

 easily distinguished from both by having an oblo?ig chest?iut 

 spot at the end of the shaft of most of the feathers of the breast 

 and belly. 



Range, — East Africa, from the Rovuma River to Dar-es- 

 Salaam and Zanzibar Island. 



xin. THE spotted francolin. francolinus spilogaster. 



Francolinu: spilogaster, Salvador', Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vi, 

 p. 541 (1888); Ogilvie Giant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. 

 p. i4q (1893). 



