14 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



5. Francolinns kikuyuensis. The Kikiiyu Francolin. 



F. kikuyuensis O.-Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. vi. 1897, p. xxiii : 

 Kikuyu Dist., B.E.A. 



a. c? juv. Mau, 9100£t. Dec. 2. 



Total length in flesh : \A\ inches. Wing : 166 mm. 



This is a young bird in first dress, and is just starting to 

 assume the adult plumage. It differs from the adult in the 

 narrower striping of the upper parts, the barring at the ends 

 of the primaries (which are pointed as in all young birds of 

 the partridge type), the barring of the outer tail-feathers, 

 and the more barred appearance of the underparts. The new 

 feathers appearing on the neck and throat partake of the 

 dark buffiness of the adult. It differs from a young bird of 

 F, mulemce O.-Grant (Bull. B. O. C. xiv. 1903, p. 30 : 

 Mulema, Uganda), obtained at the type locality, in being 

 more narrowly streaked above and more finely barred 

 below. 



In the young of F. shelleyi O.-Grant (Ibis, ]890, p. 348: 

 Natal), to which at first this bird appears similar, the ends of 

 the primaries are wholly ashy, as in the adult. 



[Irides brown ; bill, upper mandible brownish horn, lower 

 dirty yellow j legs and toes dirty yellow. This single 

 young specimen was shot from a covey of five, which was 

 put up in a patch of long grass, bordered by junipers.] 



6. Francolinus clappertoni gedgei. Gedge^s Francolin. 

 Francolinus gedgei O.-Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 124 : Elgon 



plains, B.E.A. 



a. S ad. Nakwai Hills, 3500 ft. Feb. 7. 



h-d. S ? ad. Kamchuru, Lobor, 3250 ft. Feb. 10-14. 



These specimens agree perfectly with the type. One or 

 two are showing signs of wear and all are moulting slightly. 



Total length in flesh : ^ 15^-16^ inches ; ? 14| inches. 



Wing: S 195-196 mm.; ? 180-181 mm. 



The range of this subspecies seems to be from Lake 

 Victoria to about the border of Uganda and the Sudan, 

 where it is replaced by F. c. heuglini Neum. (Orn. Monatsb. 

 1907, p. 199 : Meschr el Rek, Bahr el Ghazal), which is 



