262 Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall on 



188. ffixA CAPENsis. (Naraaqua Dove.) 



This beautiful little Dove is comparatively scarce in 

 Mashonaland, and I rather doubt whether it is resident. 



189. Francolinus coqui. (Coqui Fraucolin.) 

 Common everywhere, but preferring the mosasa-bush, 



wherein the grass grows fairly short. It sits wonderfully 

 close, and, when feeding towards sundown, will permit one to 

 approach within a few yards without evincing much alarm. 

 In addition to seeds, the stomachs contained beetles, coccidse, 

 and ants. 



190. Francolinus shelleyi. (Shelley's Francolin.) 

 Almost as common as the Coqui, but frequenting rather 



different stations, being more partial to broken hillsides 

 covered with long grass. 



191. Pternistes nudicollis. (Red-necked Francolin.) 

 The so-called " Pheasant " is common, but found only 



among the dense undergrowth along the banks of streams 

 and rivers, from which it is often difficult to dislodge it. It 

 has a singularly loud and harsh cackling call, uttered in the 

 early morning and evening. 



192. Pternistes swainsoni. (Swainson's Francolin.) 



I have seen this species only in the extreme south of our 

 limits. It was very plentiful on the Limpopo, and occurred 

 also on the Nuauetsi and Lundi, but I saw no more after 

 ascendiug the plateau at Narka Pass, near Victoria. 



193. CoTURNix CAPENSIS. (Capc Quail.) 



Very abundant in some seasons, though its movements 

 are most erratic. This year there have been very few 

 examples about. 



194 NuMiDA coRONATA. (Crowucd Guinea-fowl.) 

 This wide-ranging bird is very abundant, and occurs in 

 every description of country, though it is most numerous along 

 the larger rivers, where troops of several hundreds may be 

 met with. In the crop of a bird shot by Mr. Swynnerton I 

 found many beetles, which had been swallowed whole with- 

 out anv daraagre. 



