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



In the Museum collection there are three specimens of 

 this group from the Congo Valley, two from Tingasi and one 

 from Poko, which, though in all respects similar to iV^. j). 

 major, appear to have the face-wattles smaller and narrower, 

 and less projected beyond the posterior attachment. 



Four (two males and two females) in the Boyd Alexander 

 collection, from the Lake Chad district, are similar to 

 N. p. major, and do not bear out so well this character 

 of the wattles. 



Until, however, further material comes to hand to show 

 whether or not this character is constant, I provisionally 

 l)lace them under .V. p. major ; though, should the Congo 

 bird prove to be a distinct race, it would bear the name of 

 N. p. incrmis Dubois (Ann. Mus. Congo, i. 1905, p. 19 : 

 Upper Congo). 



In the Orn. Monatsb. 1911, p. 82, Reichenow described 

 a Guinea-Fowl of this group under the name of Numicla 

 strasseni, and gives the type-locality as " Duma am unteren 

 Ubangi.'^ It seems to me this will prove to be a synonym 

 of iV. p. inermis. 



The male from Lake Stephanie has a distinctly longer 

 helmet than other s[)ecimens of ]S\ p. major, but is quite 

 differently shaped to that o^ N. p. rendilis. 



There is also one specimen of JY. p. somalitnsis from 

 Wajiieir that has the helmet exceptionally long, Avhich is 

 in shape like the bird from Lake Stephanie. 



One s[)ecimen oi N. p. somaliensis from Kafra shows little 

 indication of the red tip of the wattles. 



18, Turnix lepurana. Smith's Button-Quail. 



Ortyijis lepurana A. Smith, Rep. Exp. App. 183G, p. 55 : 

 "country north of Kurrichane," W. Transvaal. 



a. $ ad. Mt. Suswa. Sept. 27. 



In good dress and not worn. 



Total length in flesh : 5| inches. Wing: 77 mm. 



[Irides yellow ; bill blue ; culmen brown ; legs and toes 

 flesh-colour. Several seen.] 



