On the Ibises uf the Gemis Theristicus. 501 



39. Rallus c^rulescens Gra. ; Sharpe^ Cat, B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiii. p. 25 (1894). 



a, S ad. N'gong, Masai laud, Nov. 30, 1898. 



40. Crex crex (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 

 p. 82 (1894). 



a, ? imm. Nairobi, Masailaud, June 2, 1899. 



I have seen occasional specimens o£ tliis species in No- 

 vember and April. 



41. Tympanistria tympanistria (Temm.) ; Salvad. Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxi, p. 504 (1893). 



No, 143, ? . N^gong, Dec, 29, 1898, 



[The presence of some rufous secondaries, mottled with 

 black vermiculations, indicates that the specimen is imma- 

 ture, and the forehead and chest are grey, with ochreous 

 margins to the feathers of the latter part, — R. B. S.] 



42. Francolinus HiLDEBRANDTi Cab. j Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 552. 



a, c? ad. N'gong, Masailand, Nov. 30, 1898. 



This Francolin is of much wider distribution than 

 F. schuetti, and, along with Pternistes infuscatus, may be 

 found both on the bare plains and in dense forest. 



43. Francolinus schuetti Cab. ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 170 (1893). 



a, ? ad. N'gong, Masailand, Oct. 2, 1898. 



Nesting. Bill and feet coral-red. Very common in jungle 

 and in the farms adjacent to forest. I have never seen this 

 species on the open bare plains. 



XXIX. — Oil the Ibises of the Genus Theristicus. 

 By T. Salvadori, F.M.Z.S. 



[Plates IX. & X.] 



When Signor Festa and I were working together at the 

 great Ecuadorian collection made by the former, we easily 

 recognized that the specimens of the genus Theristicus 

 collected by Festa at Vallevicioso, not far from the paramos 

 SER, VII. — VOL. VI, 2 m 



