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As this specimen was bought from a Native who had 

 trapped it in a bush-path, nothing can be recorded about 

 the habits of this very interesting and exceedingly rare 

 species. The man coukl only tell me how it was caught 

 and that the bird was well-known amongst the Natives 

 but very rare everywhere. This specimen was the only 

 one we ever got, in spite of all our efforts to get more. 



Iris brown , bill greenish horn-color , bluish at base ; 

 naked skin on head and neck pale rose-color , of lower 

 neck blue , white feathers on lower neck , chest and inter- 

 scapulary feathers white , with a rather violet hue ; feet 

 grayish olive. 



Fr ancolinus ahantensis. 



Francolinus ahantensis, Temm. Bijdr. tot de Dierk. 1854, 

 p. 49, pi. 14. — Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 202. 



Hab. Liberia and Gold Coast. 



Collected at Buluma, near the Fisherman Lake. 



This bird was purchased from a Native who caught it , 

 as he said , in a trap , in high forest. I am tolerably sure 

 that a Francolin , shot at in the forests near Sofore Place , 

 but not obtained , belonged to this species. As I roused it 

 inexpectedly from the ground near a huge Cotton-tree , 

 I immediately sought for its nest and found in a cavity 

 between two prominent roots a fresh egg which undoub- 

 tedly belonged to the bird in question. 



This egg is reddish brown in color, slightly sprinkled 

 with violet , and much paler towards the poles , and measu- 

 res 4 cm. in length and 2,6 cm. in width. 



The iris of the bird is brown , bill coral-red , culmen 

 black, feet, toes and claws pale coral -red. 



Francolinus Lathami. 



Francolinus Lathami, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1854, p. 210; id. 

 Orn. W. Afr. p. 202; — Boc. Orn. d' Angola, p. 411. 



Notes from the Leyden. JMuseixtn , Vol. VII. 



