GAME-BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA 



reluctant were they to rise at times, that I once ran three of 

 them into a clump of bush and picked them up by hand. 

 Their flesh is excellent-eating and not so dry as that of most 

 Francolins. 



Mr. Sclater writes that the Crested Francolin seems 

 everywhere to be a somewhat scarce bird, and that it is shy 

 and retu'ing, generally being found in the dense undergrowth 

 running along the banks of rivers. It usually occurs in small 

 coveys, and is difficult to flush ; it takes refuge in trees, 

 and there with crest erect and tail uplifted it gives vent to 

 a harsh metallic " Chiraka." 



Mr. Millar met with these birds plentifully in Zululand 

 on the White Umvolosi River, near its junction with the 

 Block Umvolosi ; he found them shy, and so much addicted 

 to close cover that they were difficult to procure. 



The nest and eggs have, apparently, not yet been 

 described, but the latter will probably strongly resemble 

 those laid by its near relation Kirk's Francolin {F. kirki). 



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