Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 13 



Herr Herman Grote, in the Orn. Monatsb. 1913, p. 73, 

 speaking for German East Africa, says that at Miiciiidani 

 (which is on the coast a few miles north of the Rovnma 

 River) he has taken some fifty of these Fraucolins, and all 

 have been the form with the striped belly. 



This " striped-bellied " form appears to occur principally 

 along or near the coast, and where it occurs it agrees in 

 ■wing-measurements with the inland " plain-bellied " form, 

 i. e. : Beira, ^ 153; Ruo River, Shire, S 146; Rovnma 

 River, ? 137; Dar-es-Salaam, S 149, ? 140; Kitwi, 

 Ukamba, ? 140; Tana River, c? 148-140, ? 141-134 mm.; 

 all these agree with the measurements of F. s. grantii. And 

 Somali specimens, ^ 165-155, ? 152-149 mm., agree with 

 the measurements of the Abyssinian " plain-bellied^^ form. 

 Thus it would appear that F. s. sephcp.na has no striped belly 

 (coastal) form, but that both the east African and the 

 Abyssinian forms have : the former, F. s. grantii, would 

 have a coastal form under the name of F. s. rovuma. which 

 occurs as far south as Beira, and the latter, which must bear 

 the name of F. s. scfioanus, would have a coastal form under 

 the name of F. s. icteropus. 



However, many more specimens are required before any 

 definite conclusion can be come to, and I must remark that 

 I have not seen specimens from Zanzibar, the type locality 

 of F. s. kirkii, which may or may not be a separable race 

 confined to the island. 



4. Francolinus uluensis. The Machakos Francolin. 

 Francolinus uluensis O.-Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 44 : Machakos, 

 Ulu, B.E.A. 



a. S ad. Lemek Valley, 6600 ft. Oct. 6. 



b, c. S ^ ad. Lengototo, 6000 ft. Nov. 7. 



All are somewhat worn and faded, and are therefore paler 

 than some in the Museum collection. 



Total length in flesh : ^J 14^ & 13| inches ; ? 

 13^ inches. Wing: (^ 170 & 160 mm. ; ? 161mm. 



[Irides brown ; bill dark brown, basal half of lower 

 mandible yellow ; legs and toes dirty yellow or light 

 yellowish brown. Common on dry stony ground ; very 

 noisy in the evenings.] 



