92 Lloyd's natural history. 



bony helmet set vertically on the head ; the wattles at the gape 

 entirely crimson-red. Total length, 20-5 inches; wings, ii'o; 

 tail, 6-oj tarsus, 3"i ; middle toe (with claw), 2'65. 



Range. — Eastern Africa, extending in the south to the 

 Pangani River, westwards to Kakoma, and northwards to 

 Teita, Ukambani, and the countries to the south of Victoria 

 Nyanza. 



V. THE MARUNGU HELMETED GUINEA-FOWL. NUxMIDA 

 MARUNGENSIS. 



Niiuiida coronata marungensis^ Schalow, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. 



p. 105 (1884). 

 Numida marungensis^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. ]\Ius. xxii. p. 



377 (1893). 

 Adult. — Larger than any other species of Ntunida ; the bony 

 helmet less elevated a.nd stouter than in either of the preceding 

 species (height, 07 inch; length, i"2); the fine black and 

 w^hite barring on the base of the neck continued on to the chest. 

 Naked skin on sides of head and throat flesh-colour. Total 

 length, 27 inches; wing, 12-5; tail, 7*4; tarsus, 3-5; middle 

 toe (with claw), 3 '15. 



Eange. — West Africa, extending from Benguela to Marungu, 

 west of Lake Tanganyika. 



VL THE DAMARA-LAND HELMETED GUINEA-FOWL. NUMIDA 



CORNUTA. 



Numida cornuta, Finsch and Hartl. Vog. Ost.-Afr. p. 569 

 (1870); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 378 



(1893). 

 Nufnida papulosa* Reichenow, Orn. Monats. ii. p. 145 (1894); 



Fleck, J. f. O. 1894, p. 320, fig. 



* N'tnnida papulosa, 'Ke'ic\\ex\ovi [Oxn. Monatsb. ii. p. 145 (1894)], from 

 Kalahari , is described as differing from N. co7-nuta in having a small warty 

 growth situated at the base of the culmen ; but this peculiarity is equally 

 to be found in birds from Damara-land and Mossamedes, which are un- 



