374 Capt. B. Alexander on the 



270. EXCALFACTORTA ADANSONI (VciT.). 



Excalfactoria adansoni Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 255. 

 Pong. 



Found on waste land, covered, with short dry grass. 

 Observed in coveys of five or six birds. 



271. Ekancolinus ^ilbigularis Gray. 



Francolinus albigularis Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 1 19 ; Ilartcrt, 

 Nov. Zool. vi. p. 405 (Gambaga). 



Francolinus buckleyi Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 145. 



Gambaga and Sang. 



The two male specimens o£ this species in the British 

 Museum, one of which is the type, differ from the Gambaga 

 examples in having the under parts uniform and of a 

 warmer buff colour. In our specimens of both sexes the 

 feathers of the fore-neck, sides of chest, and flanks are 

 hroadly edged with rufous, and the under parts are a paler buff. 

 The Gambian examples, judged by their spurs and their 

 clearer breasts, are older birds. Our female obtained on 

 Jan. 27tli differs from our male specimens in the following 

 characters : — The creamy-white shaft-stripes on the lower 

 hind-neck and back are narrower, and the greatr^r portion 

 of the feathers are grey with black transverse bars on the 

 margins of their w^ebs. A chain of blackish-brown spots 

 commences from the lores and circumscribes the whole of 

 the throat. On the webs of some of the chest-feathers are 

 thin blackish bars, while a few of the flank-feathers have 

 their inner Avebs chestnut, broadly barred with black. 



This speciTneu can certainly be united to the examples 

 of F. buckleyi in the British Museum, obtained by Capt. 

 Shelley at Accra. We have, therefore, no hesitation in 

 confirming Mr. Hartert^s opinion on this matter, and in 

 making F. buckleyi synonymous with F. albuiularis. 



At Gambaga we found this Erancolin rare and locally 

 distributed, and only observed it on two occasions. 



272. Francolinus bicalcaratus (Linn.). 

 Francolinus bicalcaratus Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. IGO ; 



