— 200 — 



the passes of tlie Ihi.s, \C)Z2^ pp. 105- 13^^) bv Mr. C. Macworth- 

 Pk.\i:i). 



The two races of this bird are as follows : 



1. — Francoi.inus i..\rnAMi lathami. 



Cf. su fini. 



R(iiii>e. — Gambia to Gaboon and probablv part of the Bele;ian 

 ConsfO. Kepresented'in tlie British Muséum from Sierra Leone, 

 Libéria Gold Coast, S. Nis^eria, Cameroon and Gaboon. 



2. — Francoi.inls i.ahia.mi schuuotzi. 



Fraiicolinits lathaini sclinhotzi Reichw., }. f. O., iqi2, p. 320. — 

 Tvpe locality : Uclle River, N. Belgian Congo. 



Range. — Uelle River district of N. Belgian Congo, and 

 Uganda. 



Distinguisliing cliaracters. — Maies, spotting on neck and 

 breast smaller; cheeks whiter, lessgrey; abdomen whiter and more 

 distinctlv barred. Females, redder in tone. 



Francolinus bicalcarattis subsp. 



A race of Francolinus bicalcaratus wliich I believe wiii prove 

 to be separable from F . h. bicalcaratus almost certainlv inhabits 

 Southern Nigeria as far easl as the Xiger River. Wc bave not 

 received spécimens from there as vet but hâve e.xamples trom 

 Northern Nigeria in the British Muséum. 



.Mv remarks on this Francolin and its races should be consuited, 

 vide Bulletin Brit. Orn. ('luh, vol. XLH, iq22, pp. 132-133. 

 Attention is tiiere drawn to the remarkable distribution of this 

 species. 



