80 FRANCOLINUS SUBTORQUATUS. 



NOTE XVII. 



ADDITIONAL REMARK 

 ON FRANCOLINUS SUBTORQUATUS. 



J. BÜTTIKOFER. 



In ray first paper on Birds from S. W. Africa (N. L. 

 M. 1888, p. 242) I mentioned a specimen of Francolinus 

 subtorquatus from Humpata. Looking through the Franco- 

 lins in our Museum , I found an adult female of this same 

 species , which has been collected by Mr. Sala near Mos- 

 samedes, on Oct. 27th 1867. Prof. Barboza du Bocage 

 has not mentioned this species in his excellent Ornitholo- 

 gie d' Angola. A comparison of his description of Franco- 

 linus schlegeli (p. 407) with F. schlegelii and subtorquatus 

 iu our Collection, convinced me, however, that the bird 

 in question undoubtedly belongs to F. subtorquatus. The 

 misleading note in Smith's Zoology of South Africa , about 

 the resemblance of male and female of this species is reme- 

 died by Mr. Sharpe in his » Birds of South Africa", p. 601. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , "Vol. XI. 



