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witliout any chestnut whatever/* which agrees perfectly 

 W'ith tlie type specimen of F.f.jlorentlai, now before me. 



[Irides brown; bill yellowish horn, base and nostrils red, 

 black or brown stripe between nostrils ; eyelids and bare 

 skin red ; legs and toes red. 



A small covey of this Fraucolin was found in a dense 

 thicket on a stony hillside on Mt. Maroto ; they were shy 

 and difficult to procure. In the Nakwai Hills they were 

 more plentiful. They scale the steepest rocks with ease, 

 and only take flight when forced.] 



15. Numida reicheuowi. Reichenow's Guinea-Fowl. 



Numida reichenowi O. -Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 535 : Maka- 

 rungu, Ukambani Dist., B.E.A. 



a-d. S ? ad. &juv. Loita, 6300 ft. Oct. 5. 



e-g. S jiiv. Amala River, 5500 ft. Oct. 10-11. 



h-j. \S ? ad. & juv. Lengototo, 6000 ft. Nov. 8. 



In the adults there are two males and two females, the 

 former having distinctly longer helmets than the latter. 



They are in quite good clean dress and only one, a 

 November bird, is showing any signs of moult. 



All the young are fully grown, and except for showing a 

 somewhat browner tinge on the mantle and being on the 

 average smaller spotted below, do not diflfer in plumage 

 greatly from the adults, except that in all the helmet is 

 small. 



Three of the six are in moult, and appear to be assuming 

 the clearer plumage of the adult. 



Total length in flesh of adults : ^ 24-24^ inches ; ? 22 1- 

 23^ ; the weight varies between 3 and 3| lbs. ; some young 

 only weigh 2^ lbs. Wing in adults : cT 298-299 mm. ; 

 ? 284-293 mm. 



[Adult. S ? • Irides brown ; bill greenish or reddish horn, 

 lighter at tip ; neck black, sides, around eyes, and upper 

 throat bright blue, above eyes black ; wattles and around 

 nostrils red ; top of head and helmet reddish horn, lighter 

 at tip ; feet black. 



