Birds of Cameroon Mountain. 481 



there is always a fine panoramic view to be obtained, the 

 whole country mapped out below one, and then the sea 

 beyond. . . . JNIy chief object is to work the lowest portion 

 of the forest, and then start for the Maneuguba Range*. 



Systematic List. 



1. Francolinus camerunensis. 



Francoliniis camerunensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. 

 1909, p. 12 : Cameroon Mt. ; id. p. 125. 



a. ? . Cameroon Mt., 7030 ft. 24. iv.09. (Type of the 

 species.) 



h-d. S ? ad. et ? [? c? imm.] Cameroon Mt. 8. v. 09. 



This interesting Francolin was described several years 

 ago by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant on behalf of Boyd Alexander. A 

 very full description of the type (a female) appeared in the 

 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists^ Club, p. 12. Later, 

 on p. 125 of the same volume, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant gave a 

 description of the adult male and wliat he considered to be 

 the immature male, and remarks : — ''At first sight one is 

 led to believe that the male of F. camerunensis represents a 

 quite distinct species, for the plumage is very different from 

 that of the female type ; but along with the adult male 

 Mr. Alexander procured a second adult female similar to 

 the type, as well as an immature male bird (which has been 

 marked " ? ,'' obviously an error). This latter specimen, 

 which is in partially adult male plumage, clearly proves the 

 relationship between the two adult birds. A parallel in- 

 stance of this difference in the sexes among African Fran- 

 colins is to be found in F. hildebrandti and F.johnstoni," 



When first I examined the four birds mentioned, and 

 before I had read Mr. Ogilvie-Grant's remarks in the 

 ' Bulletin/ I had certainly formed a different opinion as to 

 the relationships of the birds in question to that at which 

 he had arrived, believing the females to be young birds, 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, who is well known as an authority on 

 the game birds of the world, assures me that the opinion 



* This he did on the 21st of May, 1909 ; the narrative of that part of 

 his j<nirney will be continued in Part V. 



