W. TJ. OGXLVIE-GRANT AYES. 453 



[Cranch's Bare-throated Francolin was numerous on the plains among the acacia- 

 country around the south end of Ruwenzori. It was seldom seen during the heat of 

 the day, but towards sunset its hoarse call resounded on all sides and the old cocks were 

 often to be seen perched on the top of an ant-heap. P. cranchi was met with in the 

 Toro district up to 4000 ft., its place being taken above that altitude by Franco! inus 

 schuetti. A nest of this species was found at the edge of a native path ; the eggs, six 

 in number, were placed in a slight hollow lined with a little grass and feathers, under 

 the shelter of a large tuft of grass. — 7?. B. W.~\ 



NUMIDA PTILORHYNCHA Licht. 



Numida ptilorhyncha Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 445 (1901). 



Numida ptilorkyncha toruensis Neumann, J. f. O. 1904, p. 410 [Toro]. 



a. 6. 70 miles W. of Entebbe, 3700 ft., 29th Nov. [No. 18. R. E. D.] 



b. <s . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 28th May. [No. 3423. B. B. W.] 



c. d ■ „ „ „ 9th June. [No. 386. R. E. I).} 



Iris dark brown; bill horn-colour or brown, base of the upper mandible reddish; 

 wattles and bare skin blue ; feet dark brown or dark grey. 



[The Abyssinian Helmeted Guinea-fowl was not found on Ruwenzori, but was 

 numerous below the mountains in the more open country, especially at the south end 

 of the range.— B. B. W.] 



GUTTEBA CRISTATA (Pall.). 



Guttera cristata Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 450 (1901); Grant, Bull. B. O.C. xxiii. pp. 14, 31 



(1908). 

 Guttera cristata granti Reich, t. c. p. 451. 



Guttera cristata seth-smithi Neumann, Bull. B.O.C. xxiii. pp. 13, 31 (1908) [Unyoro]. 

 Guttera cristata suahelica Neumann, 1. c. pp. 14, 31 [Lindi, German E. Africa]. 



a. 2. 20 miles N.W. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 30(H) ft., 11th Aug. 

 [No. 2447. 67. L.] 



Iris dark brown; bill horn-colour; bare skin on the head blue, and on the throat 

 and fore-neck red ; feet black. 



[A large flock of these Crested Guinea-fowl was met with in the Eturi Forest near 

 Fort Beni.— R. B. W.] 



