Birds from Nortli-easf Jxhodes'ui. 113 



Qi'i^. FiiANCOLiNiTs SEPH^NA. (Crested FrancoJin.) 

 {a). Opposite Feira, Sept. '03. 

 Generally in the bush. 



653. Francolinus shelleyi. (Shelley's Francolin.) 



(a). Chiromwe. 



(/>) {c). Korasisi, Sept. '04. 



656. Francolinus natalensis. (Natal Francolin.) 

 (a) $ . Opposite Feira, Oct. '03. 



659. Pternistes swainsoni. (Swainson's Francolin.) 



(a). Korasisi, Sept. '03. 



This Francolin lives in the open country. 



661. CoTURNix DELAGORGUEi. (Harlequin Quail.) 

 (a). Boundary, Oct. '03. 



665. NuMiDA MiTRATA? (East African Guinea Fowl.) 



ii66. GuTTERA EDOUARDi. (Crested Guinea Fowl.) 

 (a). Feira. 



The Crested Guinea Fowl frequents hill-sides and thick 

 bush, whereas the Common Guinea Fowl prefers flatter and 

 more open country ; yet they encroach on each other, and you 

 may find two flocks of difl^erent species near the same place. 

 We found this species on one occasion living in a thicket a 

 good four miles from water. 



The natives consider it less wary than the other species, 

 and I think they are right ; but probably this is because they 

 are, as a rule, further from villages and so get less worvied. 

 I have seen this species try to escape by covering, but not 

 the other. The call is less harsh and more rapidly uttered. 

 They fly well enough in the open, but one often meets them 

 in tliick bush, where they cannot rise. They are said to be 

 untameable, and that if you put them in a pen with fowls, 

 the fowls will peck and chase them. The Common Guinea 

 Fowl is often reared in captivity from wild eggs. 



671. Crex pratensis. (Europsean Corn Crake.) 

 (a). No locality. 



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