go Lloyd's natural history. 



appears to be founded on a domestic variety of JV. iiieleagrh 

 with abnormally developed wattles (one inch wide and half an 

 inch long), at the angle of the gape. 



N. vieleagris has been known to cross with the Common 

 Pea-Fowl (see Hocker, J. f. O. 1870, p. 152). 



Nest. — Made in the midst of a dense tussock of grass. 



Eggs. — About twelve are generally laid, and sometimes many 

 more. Pale brownish or yellowish-buff, the whole shell thickly 

 pitted with reddish-brown. The average measurement is 1-95 

 by 1-55 inch. 



iL zech's helmeted guinea-fowl, numida zechi. 

 Niimida zechi, Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. iv. p. 76 (1896). 



INIost nearly allied to N. meleagris, from which it appears to 

 differ chiefly in having the feathers of the upper-parts pale 

 brown or grey-brown, spotted with darker, black down the 

 middle, and with very fine greyish-white streaks; the white 

 ocelli being apparently wanting. Total length, 18-5 inches; 

 wing, II ; tail, 6*4; tarsus, 3; middle toe and claws, 2 '8. 



Range. — West Africa ; Togo-land. 



This form is evidently very closely allied to N. meleagris^ 

 and, if really distinct, apparently inhabits the same country. 

 I have, as yet, had no opportunity of examining the type. 



III. the large-helmeted guinea-fowl, numida 

 coronata. 



Numida coronata, Gray, List of Birds, pt. iii. Gall. p. 29 (1844); 



EUiot, Monogr. Phasian. ii. pi. 40 (1872); Ogilvie-Grant, 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 376 (1893) [part. ; Eastern South 



Africa]. 



^^Tilt. — Bony helmet long, high, and compressed (height^ 



1-1-5 inch, length, -9*), sloping obliquely backwards ; feathers 



* The height is measured from the middle of the base to the apex ; the 

 length, at the base of the hehnet. 



