lOO ALLEN'S NATURALlST^S LIBRARY. 



IIL THE CURLY-CRESTED GUINEA-FOWL. GUTTERA 

 PUCHERANI, 



Numida cristata^ Shaw and Nodder {iiec Pallas), Nat. Misc. pi. 



757- 

 Numida puckerani^ Hartl. J. f. O. i860, p. 341 ; Elliot, Monogr. 

 Phasian. ii. pi. 46 [naked skin incorrectly coloured] 



(.872). 



Numida granti, Elliot, P. Z. S. 187 1, p. 584 ; id. Monogr. 



Phasian, ii. pi. 43 [blue spots should be continuous to 



base of neck] (1872). 

 Numida ellioti, Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 652, pi. Ixv. 

 Guttera pucherajii, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 



383 (1893)- 



Adult. — Differs conspicuously from both the preceding 

 species in having no black collar^ the blue spots being cojitinuous 

 right up to the base of the naked fieck. Crest full and curly. 

 Naked skin on the head and throat red, on the back and sides 

 of the head blue ; wattles red, very small ; fold of skin at the 

 back of the neck well-developed. Total length, 20 inches ; 

 wing, IO-8; tail, 5 ; tarsus, 3*6 ; middle toe (with claw), 27. 



Eange. — East Africa, extending from Zanzibar northwards to 

 the Tana River and westwards into the interior. 



We are told that this extremely handsome Guinea-Fowl is 

 only met wiih in the forest along the banks of rivers, but prac- 

 tically nothing has been published respecting its habits. 



IV. THE STRAIGHT-CRESTED GUINEA-FOV/L. GUTTERA 

 PLUMIFERA. 



Numida plumifera^ Cassin, P. Ac. Philad. viii. p. 321 (1856) ; 



id. Journ. Ac. Philad. iv. p. 6, pi. 2 (1858); Elliot, 



Monogr. Phasian. ii. pi. 47 (1872). 

 Guttera plumifera, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 



384 (1893). 



Adult. — As in the last species, G. pucherani, the spotting is 



