602 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
the lower mandible and also the basal corners of the upper mandible, 
which are chrome-yellow” (Ayres). 
Fig. Smith, Zool. S. Afr. Aves, pl. 15. 
578. FRancoLinus scHLeceL, Heugl. Schlegel’s Francolin. 
Professor Barboza du Bocage records a single specimen procured 
by Messrs. Capello and Ivens during their exploration of the 
Quango region, between 10° and 13° S. Lat., and 16° and 17° E. 
Long. 
The following is a translation of the description given by Professor 
Bocage in his “ Ornithologie @’ Angola.” 
Adult male—Mantle and wings ashy, shaded with rufous in 
places and ornamented with transverse bands of rufous and black, 
and streaked with buff on the shafts of the feathers ; sides of the 
head and upper part of the neck ochraceous buff, which takes on the 
throat a paler tint inclining to whitish; lower part of the neck, 
breast, and abdomen transversely barred with black on a white 
ground washed with grey, the breadth of the black bands being 
less than that of the interspaces ; vent and under tail-coverts barred 
across with brown on a buff ground ; tail-feathers barred with ashy 
and ochraceous buff, the buff bands bordered with black; bill 
yellow, with the culmen and the tip blackish; feet yellow; iris 
brown. 
579. FRANCOLINUS HARTLAUBI, Bocage. Hartlaub’s Francolin. 
A female bird was sent in 1867 by Anchieta from Capangombe 
on the River Chimba, with the native name Muhale, and in the 
following year the same traveller forwarded a male bird from Hauilla. 
No further specimens have since been received. 
The following is a translation of the description given by 
Professor Bocage :— 
Adult male.—Back and wings of a pale greyish brown, irregularly 
varied with spots and points of buff and brown, these spots less 
distinct on the rump; upper part of the head dark brown, with a 
small black space on the forehead, behind which there is a narrow 
white band, which is prolonged on each side of the vertex into a 
white superciliary band; ear-coverts brownish rufous ; sides of the 
head, neck, and lower parts strongly streaked with blackish brown on 
a white ground, slightly washed with buff on the posterior part of the 
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