9$ Allen's naturalist's library, 



Guitera c?'ista'a, Wagler, Isfs, 1832, p. 1225; Ogilvie-Granl, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 381 (1893). 

 (Plale XXX.) 

 Adult. — Top of head covered by a full long crest of curling 

 black feathers ; a black collar confined to the base of the neck, 

 hardly extending on to the chest ; naked skin on rest of head 

 and neck cobalt-blue, except the chin and throat, which are 

 red. Total length, 20 inches; wing, 10-2; tail, 5'i ; tarsus 

 3*o ; middle toe (with claw), 24. 



Range. — West Africa, extending from Sierra Leone to the 

 Gold Coast. 



Hal)its. — Although this Crested Guinea-Fowl is a well-known 

 bird throughout Liberia, Mr. Biittikofer tells us that it is ex- 

 tremely difficult to obtain, on account of its extreme shyness 

 and its aptitude for hiding when met with. On open plains it 

 was never seen, being always killed in brushwood and high 

 forest when watching for Antelopes. Occasionally it was caught 

 in snares placed in narrow passages through the dense brush- 

 wood. Some of these Guinea-Fowls, kept in confinement by 

 Mr. H. T. Ussher during his residence in Fantee, appeared to 

 thrive well, and could probably be domesticated, but he tells us 

 that they proved a great nuisance amongst other birds, being of 

 a pugnacious disposition, especially when associated with the 

 domestic examples of the Common Helmeted Guinea-Fowl. 



n. THE black-chested crested guinea-fowl, guttera 



EDOUARDI. 



Nuniida edouardi^ Hartlaub, J- f- O. 1867, p. 36; id. Ibis, 



18,70, p. 444. 

 Ntiuiida verreauxi^ Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 300; id. Monogr 



Phasian. ii. pi. 44 (1872). 

 Nmnida sp., Sclater, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 86, pi. xii. 

 Guttera cdoitardi^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 382 



(1893)' 



