GAj\IE-BIRDS of south AFRICA 



wing, if you can see them tlirough the thick bush, and they 

 generall}^ perch in the branches of a tree on ahghting. 



" The crops of those I have shot contained grain, bulbs 

 and berries, with a few insects." 



The four species of bare-necked or red-throated Fran- 

 cohns {Pternistes humholdti, P. midicoUis, P. n. castaneiventer 

 and P. swainsoni) as well as FrancoUnus capensis and Fran- 

 colinus adspersus and this species, all seem to have similar 

 habits, and owing to these and the impenetrable nature of 

 the bush in which they live they are not very sporting birds ; 

 sometimes, however, they can be driven, when they give 

 most excellent shooting. 



Two eggs sent by Mr. Arnot to Mr. Layard from Mahura's 

 country, and now in the South African Museum, are pale brown 

 without spots and measure 1.68 by 1.4 in. 



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