436 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on the 



258. Francolinus shelleyi. Shelley^s Francolin. 

 Chindao : '' Idambira." Singuni : " Itendele.^' 



Rh., P. A female of this common Francolin measured 

 14'75 inches in the flesh. 



259. Pternistes humboldti. Humboldt's Francolin. 

 Singuni: " Inkwali." Chindao: '' Chikwari." (Both 



names being derived from the bird's call.) 



Rh.^ P. This is one of our earliest birds to call in the 

 morning, isolated notes being not infrequently heard an 

 hour or more before dawn. I have found it common at 

 Maruma, at Brent's on the Lusitu, and on the Haroni River, 

 all in September, and, in the lowlands, I noted it at Inyajena 

 and on the Mwangezi. In * The Ibis ' for 1907, p. 309, it 

 was erroneously referred to Pternistes nudicollis. 



The "Inkwali " is looked on by the natives as an exceedingly 

 selfish bird, and they have a common proverb " Aik' inkwali 

 epandel' enye " (no " Pheasant " scratches for another — 

 " every man for himself ") . 



260. CoTURNix DELAGORGUEi. Harlequin Quail. 

 Singuni : '' Sigwaqa " (Zulu " q "-click). 



Rh., P. This Quail is fairly plentiful with us during the 

 winter, and is trapped in great numbers by the natives in 

 the Umgoza-crop {Eleusine), which is invaded by it when 

 ripening in May and June. I have a note to the eflPect that 

 it was particularly common in the neighbourhood of Chirinda 

 throughout July 1906 and again from the 9th to the 13th 

 of September. Two females in my collection measured 

 6"9 inches in the flesh and a third 7*1 inches. In the female 

 the upper mandible is light horn-coloured, the lower pale 

 bluish, the feet are pinkish white, and the irides deep 

 ochreous. 



261. ExcALFACTORiA ADANsoNi. Blue Quail. 



Rh,, P. Early in January 1906 I not infrequently 

 flushed these Quails singly or in pairs in swampy " vleis " 

 of comparatively short grass on the lower Zona, securing 

 a female on the 3rd of that month. 



