Birds from the White Nile. 469 



Uganda and Unj^oro, and referred to F. gedgii by Mr. Hartert 

 {cf. Ansorge,Under Afr. Sun, App. p. 330), belong to F. ictero- 

 rhynchus Heugl. 



208. Francolinus clappertoni. 



FrancoUnus clappertoni Childr. ; Grant^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 1G2 (1893). 



ttj b. S ^^ <S vix ad. Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17th May. Nos. 

 488 h 489. 



Iris hazel ; bill blackish horn-coloured, red at the base ; 

 naked skin round eye red ; legs purplish brown in front, 

 red behind. 



These two males in freshly-moulted plumage agree per- 

 fectly with the type specimen, which was obtained in Bornu, 

 and with a female procured by Petherick in Kordofan. 



F. clappertoni may be distinguished from F. gedgii at a 

 glance by the reddish and light olive-brown colour of the 

 upper parts ; moreover in the present species the forehead is 

 black and the top of the head dull reddish brown, while in 

 F. gedgii the whole forehead and crown are brownish black, 

 somewhat paler towards the nape. 



[I saw only one covey of Clappcrton's Francolin, south of 

 Goz-Abu-Gumar.— R. M. H.] 



209. ^COTURNIX COTURNIX. 



Coturnix coturnix (Linn.) ; Roths. & Wollast. p. 32. 

 [The Quail was twice met with singly. — R. M. H.] 



210. NUMIDA PTILORHYNCHA. 



Numida ptilorhyncha Licht. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 330 ; 

 Witherby, p. 27G. 



a-c. S ? . Kaka, 23rd Feb.-25th March. Nos. C6, G7, 

 & 74. 



Iris hazel ; bill whitish horn-coloured, with a reddish patch 

 at the base ; bare skin at the back of the skull purplish black, 

 paler on the throat ; wattles and spots round the ears pale 

 blue, shading into greyish on the margins of the wattles ; 

 legs and feet black. 



[We found the Abyssinian Helmeted Guinea-fowl in 



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