Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 19 



Kilimanjaro; all these are so close to each otlicr, that 1 

 fail to see any distinguishing chaiacters. 



There appears, therefore, to be one race from Mt. Kenia 

 southward along the east side o£ the Rift Valley to Kili- 

 manjaro, whicli will bear the name of i'^ s. maranensis iMcarns, 



Wing: c? 186-160 mm. ; ? 175-166 mm. 



One of the two Drake-Brockman males measures 191 mm, 

 in the wing, but this appears lo be an exceptional bird. 



With this race the males are on the average darker below 

 than the females; but with the other race (F. s. schuetti) 

 no difference is apparent in colour between the sexes. 



The races and synonymy I admit at the present time are : — 



Francolinus schuetti schuetti Cab. 



Franc.oUnus schuetti zappeyi Mearns (Misc. Coil. Smiths. 

 Inst. Washington, vol. 56, no. 20, 1911 : East shore of 

 Lake "Victoria) is a synonym. 



Francolinus schuetti maranensis Mearns : Maranu, 

 Mt. Kilimanjaro. Of this form I consider F. s. Icapitensis : 

 Athi River, T3. E. A., and F. s. keniensis : Mt. Kenia, B. E. A., 

 of Mearns (op. cit. no. 14, p. 2), as synonyms. 



Francolinus schuetti tetraoninus Blund. & Lovat, Bull. 

 B. O. C. vol. X. 1899, p. 22 : Mendi, Abyssinia. 



This race, judging by the specimens before me, appears to 

 be a good one, though a much larger series is required to 

 make sure. 



10. Francolinus jacksoni. Jackson's Francolin. 



Francolinus jacksoni O.-Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 123 : Kikuyn, 

 B.E.A. 



a. S ad. Mau, 9100 ft. Dec. 2. 



In rather worn plumage. 



Total length in flesh : 20^ inches. Weight : 2^ lbs. 

 W^ing : 245 mm. 



[Irides brown, eyelid red, bare skiu behind eye yellow ; 

 bill red ; legs and toes red, sides of tarsi blackish, spurs 

 black. This species was only met with late in the evening, 

 after crossing the Mau Escarpment. It appeared to ba 

 common on steep grassy slopes devoid of bush.] 



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