Bulawajjo and the Tegwani River. 71 



37. VlNAGO DELALANDii (Bp.) Cape Green Pigeon. 

 <t. S . 24 March. Nouyonko's, Manzamnyania River. 



38. Francolinus seph.Ena (Smith). Crested Francolin. 

 a. ? . Gambo's, Manzamnyama River. 



39. Pternistes swainsonI (Smith). Swainson's Fran- 

 colin. 



a. ? . 21 March. Gambo's, Manzamnyama River. 

 />. ? . 21 „ Nonyonko's, 



40. NuMiDA CORONATA, Gray. Common Guinea Fowl, 

 a, i, c. 3? ?juv. 17 March. Gambo's^Ianzamnyama R. 



This is an interesting series, showing the plumage at 

 various ages. In the young bird, represented by specimens 

 a to d, the bony helmet is absent, and the head is covered 

 instead with short downy feathers of bhick and pale buff, 

 arranged in alternate longitudinal bands ; the throat is pale 

 grey, the lower neck all round and upper breast are black, 

 each feather having a central white streak ; secondaries with 

 transverse white bands, not spots as in the adult ; on the 

 back are a number of reddish- brown feathers with black and 

 white margins, intermixed with the normally coloured ones. 



The immature birds (e and /) are losing the downy 

 feathers of the head, and the helmet is commencing to 

 develop, appearing as a central bony tubercle. A few 

 streaked feathers remain on the neck, and the secondaries are 

 barred as in the young. 



41. LoBiVANELLUs LATERALIS (Smith). Wattled Plover. 

 a. ? . 9 March. Khami River. 



42. HoPLOPTERUS ARMATUS (Burch.). Blacksmith Plover, 

 a. c? . 21 March. Gambo's, Manzamnyama River. 



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