24 Mr. C, H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



Young. Irides brown, bill black, tip ligbt horn ; wattles, 

 top of bead, and helmet black : neck bluish black ; feet 

 black ; in rather older birds_, the wattles and nostrils are red 

 and the helmet blackish brown. 



Common, and found in flocks of fifty or more. When 

 disturbed they take to high trees, where they are easily 

 shot.] 



16. Numida ptilorhyncha major. Hartlaub's Tufted Guinea- 

 Fowl. 



Numida major Hartl. Abh. Bremen, vol. viii. 1883, p. 217 : 

 Wakkala, Uganda, 



a-f. S ? ad. Kozibiri River, 2400 ft. Jan. 21. 



g. S ii"m. Mt. Maroto, 3700 ft. Jan. 24. 



h. S ad. „ „ „ 30. [Head only.] 



i. J ad. Bakoro, 25 miles E. of Lobor JNlts. Feb. 3. 

 [Head only.] 



j. ? ad. Kittigom, Chua. Feb. 20. [Head only.] 



k. S ad. 40 miles S. of Gondokoro, 2000 ft, March 2. 



Total length in flesh: S 23-23i inches; ? 211-22| 

 inches. Wing : S 282-262 mm. ; ? 270-267 mm. 

 Weight: S 3 lbs.; ? 2^ lbs. Immature. Total length 

 in flesh : 22 inches. Wing 259 ram. 



All are in good plumage, and one or two are moulting. 



The immature bird is not in first dress, and, except for 

 the immature appearance of the head, might be an adult. 



Some of the nasal tufts are quite equal in size to those 

 of N. ji. ptilorhyncha and N. p. somaliensis. 



[Adult. Irides brown ; bill, upper mandible red, tip and 

 lower mandible light or yellowish horn; neck black or bluish 

 black; wattles and stripe on neck blue; legs and toes dark 

 brown. 



Imm. Irides brown ; bill dark brown, tip light horn ; 

 wattles and bare skin bluish flesh; helmet brown; legs and 

 toes brown. 



Found in flocks of twenty or thirty in dry bush 

 country.] 



