THE FRANCOLINS. 



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and another stripe across the hinder part of the cheek, and 

 the throat white; from all the following species of this section 

 it differs in having a wide band of feathers barred alternately 

 with black and white round the neck. Total length, 1 1 inches ; 

 wing, 6*2 ; tail, 27; tarsus, 1*55. ifo spurs. 



Adult Female. — Differs from the male in being rather smalle** 

 and in having the upper-parts barred with buff and the wing- 

 coverts spotted with the same colour. 



Range. — Central East Africa ; southern foot of Mount Elgon 

 and Masai-land. This fine species, recently obtained for the 

 first time by Mr. F. J. Jackson, was met with in the scrubby 

 plains in the localities mentioned above. 



x. smith's francolin. francolinus sephtena. 



Perdix sephcena, Smith, Rep. Exped. Cent. Afr. p. 55 (1836). 



Francolinus pileatus, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Birds, pi. 14 



(1838); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 593 (1884); 



Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 146 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Not unlike F streptophorus, but the feathers 

 surrounding the neck are dark chestnut, edged on either side with 

 ivhite or buff The breast and under-parts are without chestnut 

 spots. Total length, 12 inches; wing, 6*5; tail, 3*8; tarsus, 

 17. A pair of sharp spurs. 



Adult Female. — Differs from the male in having the upper- 

 parts covered with narrow wavy bars of buff and lines of black. 

 No spurs. 



Range. — South Africa, extending in the east from the Maricc 

 River and the Transvaal to the Zambesi, and westwards to 

 northern Damara-land. 



Habits. — This species inhabits the forest-clad hillsides and 

 bush country, and is chiefly met with in the open glades. 

 When flushed it generally perches on one of the higher 

 branches, and with elevated crest inspects the movements 

 of its pursuers. It is a somewhat rare bird, occurring in 

 coveys, and appears to be very similar to F. coqui in its 



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