Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 11 



Total length in flesh : c? 12-1.21 & 13 inches; ? 11^ inches. 

 Wing: cJ 144-141 mm. ; ? 130 mm. 



[Irides brown; bill black ; legs and toes red. Abundant 

 "wherever found ; occasionally perches in trees ; very noisy.] 



In naming these birds I have had to examine the series 

 in the National Collection, and have come to the following 

 conclusions in regard to the named races : — 



Francolinus seph^na seph^na. 



Perdix sephana Smith, Eep. Exp. Cent. Africa, 1836, 

 p. 55 : Marikwa, i. e. Marico River, Transvaal. 



A large race, having the chestnut spots of the lower neck 

 extending to the chest ; no chestnut streaks on rest of 

 underparts. Wing: ,$ 175-162; ? 159-148 mm. One 

 male from Coguno, Imhambane, Portuguese E. Africa, has 

 the wing only 160 mm. 



Range : Bechuanaland, Lake Ngami, Transvaal, Rhodesia, 

 and Portuguese E. Africa (Imhambane Dist.). 



Francolinus seph^na grantii. 



Francolinus grantii Hartl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 665, pi. 39. 

 fig. 1 (top figure) : Unyamuezi, G. E. Africa. 



Of this I consider 7^. rovwna (J) Gray (List Gall. B. M. 

 Mar. 6, 1867, p. 52: East Africa), F. ochrogaster Hartl. 

 (J. f. O. 1882, p. 327 : Upper Nile), wing given as 148 mm., 

 F.g.delutescens Mearns (Misc. Coll. Smiths. Inst.Washington, ^ 

 vol. 56, no. 20, 1911, p. 3 : base of Mt. Kenia), wing given 

 as 146 mm. and said to be rather larger than either F. grantii 

 or F ochrogaster, and F. s. jubaensis Zedl. (Orn. Monatsb. 

 1913, p. 59: Afgoi, Jubaland), wing given as 146-136 mm. 

 in c?, and 143-132 in ? , to be synonyms. 



A small race, having the chestnut spots confined to the 



lower neck. Wing : G. E. Africa, ^ 146-143, ? 140-135 



mm., type given as 139 mm. ; B.E. Africa, ^ 150-139, 



? 143-140 mm.; Uganda, S 145-142, juv. 139-133, 



? 139-133, juv. 132 mm. ; Lado, S 146, ? 135-134 mm. 



Range: G. E. Africa, B.E. Africa, Uganda, and Lado ; 

 coast specimens from Melinda and Lamu, B.E.A. 



