92 ALLEN'S naturalist's LIBRARY. 



bony helmet set vertically on the head ; the wattles at the gape 

 entirely crimson-red. Total length, 20*5 inches; wings, ii*o; 

 tail, 6"o; tarsus, 3*1 ; middle toe (with claw), 2'65. 



Range. — Eastern Africa, extending in the south to the 

 Pangani River, westwards to Kakoma, and northwards to 

 Teita, Ukambani, and the countries to the south of Victoria 

 Nyanza. 



V. THE MARUNGU HELMETED GUINEA-FOWL. NUMIDA 

 MARUNGENSIS. 



Nwnida coronata ?nariingensis, Schalow, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. 



p. 105 (1884). 

 Nuniida luarungeiisis^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 



377 (1S93). 



Adult. — Larger than any other species of Niimida ; the bony 

 helmet less elevated and stouter than in either of the preceding 

 species (height, 07 inch; length, i'2) ; the fine black and 

 white barring on the base of the neck cojitinued on to the chest. 

 Naked skin on sides of head and throat flesh colour. Total 

 length, 27 inches; wing, 12-5; tail, 7-4; tarsus, 3*5; middle 

 toe (with claw), 3-15. 



Range. — West Africa, extending from Bengaela to Marungu, 

 west of Lake Tanganyika. 



VI. THE DAMARA-LAND HELMETED GUINEA-FOWL. NUMIDA 

 CORNUTA. 



Nuniida cornuta, Finsch and Hartl. Vog. Ost.-Afr. p. 569 

 (1870) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 378 



(1893). 

 Nuniida papulosa* Reichenow, Orn. Monats. ii. p. 145 (1894); 

 Fleck, J. f. O. 1894, p. 320, fig. 



* Njimida papiUosa,^€\c}ci^r\o\\ [Orn. Monatsb. ii. p. 145 (1894)], from 

 Kalahari, is described as differing from N'. cormita in having a small warty 

 growth situated at the base of the culmen ; but this peculiarity is equally 

 to be found in birds from Damara-land and Mossamedes, which are un- 



