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this portj and also about 60 miles inland. My brother also 

 observed it at a point about 70 miles south of this place, 

 but saw nothing of it beyond that. This species seems to 

 replace in this locality P. swainsoni and P. nudicollis, 

 neither of which appears to be found here, although I met 

 with the former rather plentifully in the bush-veldt of 

 Gazaland further south. The call of P. humboldti is exactly 

 the same as that of P. swainsoni and P. nudicollis. It 

 frequents thick-scrubby and inaccessible spots during the day, 

 but is always to be found in the Kaffir gardens early in the 

 morning and late in the evening. On perceiving anyone it 

 immediately runs off into the scrub or other thick stuff, and 

 generally rises behind trees or other obstructions, so that it 

 is very difficult to get a shot at it. Like other Bush- 

 Francolins, on being suddenly flushed by a dog it generally 

 takes refuge in the branches of the nearest tree. It is very 

 fond of scratching iip the ground-nuts in the Kaffir gardens, 

 and also grubs up the roots of the mandioc plant, which is 

 largely cultivated here. Its native name is ' Inkwari.' 

 N.B. — I noticed that in Gazaland the natives called 

 P. swainsoni ' Inkwali/ and in Natal and Zululand the name 

 of P. nudicollis is also ' Inkwali ' or ' Inkwayi.'' I believe 

 the natives of Cape Colony also call P. nudicollis by the 

 same name, which shows that all the tribes as far north as 

 this use the same name with a slight difference of pro- 

 nunciation only.^^ — H. F. F. 



b. ? , also from Lake Barana, Inhambane. " Breeds all 

 the year round ; very strong in flight ; generally found in 

 pairs, although very often in larger parties, but never more 

 than 5 or 6 individuals together. Bare part of throat and 

 round the eye bright red, approaching vermilion. Legs 

 bright red, shading off to a darker colour on the edges of the 

 scales in front of the legs ; feet the same.^"* — H. F. F. 



c. S ■ " Inkumbi, 40 miles south of Inhambane. This 

 specimen differs from others of the same kind in having a 

 white patch on the lower breast. This is probably a freak, 

 as all the others we have shot and observed lack the white 

 mark.''— H. F. F. 



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