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was not at all common. We always met with it in very dense 

 scrubs where it was hard to see^ as it was shy and quickly 

 disappeared from view. 



196. TuRTUR DAMARENsis. Damara Turtle-Dove. 

 Turtur damarensis Finsch. 



Iris orange-brown ; bill black ; legs reddish. 



197. Chalcopelia CHALCospiLos. Emerald-spotted Wood- 

 Dove. 



Chalcopelia chalcospilos Bp. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs dull red. 



The Emerald .spotted Wood-Dove was not uncommon, 

 generally near water, amongst thick forest bush. 



198. Pterocles gutturalis. Yellow-throated Sand- 

 Grouse. 



Pterocles gutturalis Smith. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs dark grey. 



The large packs of Yellow-throated Sand-Grouse which 

 frequented the Kapiti Plains were generally tame and 

 allowed me to approach quite close before they got up, when 

 they would fly a very short distance and settle again. On 

 the Athi Plains and all along the Atlii River, where no doubt 

 they have been much shot at, they were unapproachable 

 and wild. 



199. Prancolinus hildebrandti. Hildebrandt's Fraucolin. 

 Francolinus hildebrandti Cab. 



Iris brown ; upper mandible dusky brown, lower mandible 

 red ; feet coral -red. 



Hildebrandt^s Francolin was only obtained on the west side 

 of Lake Naivasha amongst the thick scrub and rocks. It 

 was a very shy bird and difficult to obtain, but is probably 

 not very uncommon there, though, owing to the difficulty of 

 flushing it, it is seldom seen. Like all the Francolins, it 

 is a tremendous runner and trusts to its legs to escape 

 observation. 



