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17. Numida ptilorhyncha rendilis. Baringo Tufted 

 Guinea-Fowl. (Text-ii-ure J , p. 28.) 



Numida ptilorhyncha rendilis Louiib. K. Sven. Yct.-Ak. 

 Handl. 1911, p. 47 : between the Meru and the Reudiles, 

 B.E.A. 



Numida ptilorhyncha baringoensis Claude Grant, Bull. 

 B. O. C. vol. xxxiii. 1914, p. 141 : 20 miles S. of Lake 

 Baringo, Hi ft Valley. 



a. ? juv. Baringo lload, 30 miles from Nakuro, 5200 ft. 

 Dec. 22. 



b, c. S ad. 20 miles south of Baringo, 3800 ft. Dec. 24. 

 d, e. (^ ad, 12 miles N.W. of ,, „ „ 29. 



[Heads only.] 



/. cJ ad. Turkwel River. Jan. ? [Head only.], 



All are in quite good plumage, the young bird differing 

 from the adults in being rather smaller spotted and having 

 a distinct rusty wash throughout. 



Total length in flesh: ad. 22f & 21 inches; juv. 21 

 inches. Wing : ad. 277 & 267 mm. ; juv. 262 mm. 



\_Ad. Irides brown; bill reddish brown, lower mandible 

 and tip of upper greenish horn ; neck black, below eye and 

 wattles blue ; legs and toes black, 



Juv. Irides brown ; bill bluish horn, red at base ; legs 

 and toes blackish brown ; neck blackish flesh, side-wattles 

 and round eye blue, horn dirty reddish ; nasal wattles 

 reddish yellow. 



Very abundant. Large flocks found in the evening 

 scratching on the open plains and raising a cloud of dust.] 



In working out these birds I came to the same conclusion 

 about the Baringo Guiuea-Fowl as has Lonnbei'g in his 

 excellent resume of the named races, but having unfortunately 

 overlooked his description I redescribed his new race, and 

 therefore my N. p. baringoensis becomes a synonym of his 

 N. p. rendilis. 



In this collection there are six specimens, in the Museum 

 collection one, and in the Jackson collection two heads (from 

 Kamassia) , all from the Rift Valley, and all except the young 

 bird have well-developed helmets approaching closely those 

 of the N. corunatu group. 



