482 Mr. D. A. Banuerman on the 



I had formed was erroneous and I therefore bow to his 

 superior knowledge on this subject. The point seems worth 

 mentioning so that others may avoid falling into the same 

 error, as I apparently had done myself. 



Concerning this species Alexander writes from his camp 

 on Cameroon Mountain as follows : — 



''April 23rd. — Herr Martens .... has kindly sent me up 

 one of the Buea hunters to help me to finish the collecting 

 here, especially to try and obtain a rare Francolin, which 

 seems to keep entirely to the forest-growth above our camp. 

 Often towards sundown we hear its loud cry in some valley 

 above us. I feel convinced the bird is different from that 

 found above Buea. The hunter, who knows a good deal 

 about the animals and birds of these parts, is of the same 

 opinion. 



''April 24th. — The hunter left camp early with one of ray 

 12-bores, and came back about midday with tbe busli-fowl 

 I wanted. It is a remarkable species and I think will be 

 new to science." 



In a later note Alexander accentuates the fact that this 

 Francolin is very rare, has a very loud cry, and frequents 

 the thick forest around and below Buea, but is not found 

 above. 



2. Vinago calva. 



Columha calva Temm. & Knip, Pig. 1811, p. 35, pi. vii.: 

 Loango (French Congo). 



a. S ad. Cameroon Mt. 10. v. 09. 



h. S ad. „ „ 15.V.09. 



Much confusion appears to have arisen over the West 

 African Fruit-Pigeons. The typical locality from which 

 Temminck described V. calva is Loango in the French 

 Congo, and I may state at once that this is the only form 

 of V. calva which I recognise, I cannot distinguish Vinago 

 calva nudirostris, which Swainson described from Senegal, 

 neither can I recognise Vinago calva sharpei described by 

 Beichenow. On this question I have come to the same 

 conclusion as Mr. Claude Grant, who has given his reasons 



