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XVII. THE ULU FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS ULUENSIS. 



Francolinus uluensis, Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 44; id. Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 151 (1893). 



Adult Male.— Intermediate between the last species, F guitu- 

 rails, and the next one, F. africanus. It differs from the 

 former and resembles the latter in having a triangular patch of 

 white feathers ; tip fed with black, on each side of the neck, and 

 the black marking on the breast and belly arch-shaped, giving 

 these parts a spotted appearance. From F. africanus it differs 

 in having the inner webs of the primary flight-feathers mostly 

 chestnut. Total length, 12 inches ; wing, 6*5 ; tail, 2-9 ; tarsus, 

 1 '6. A pair of sharp spurs. 



Range. — East Africa ; Ulu country. 



The only known examples of this species, both males, were 

 recently obtained by Mr. F. J. Jackson at a place called 

 Machako's in the above-mentioned country. They are par- 

 ticularly interesting, since they supply the intermediate link 

 between the two very distinct forms, F. gutturalis from Abys- 

 sinia and F. africanus from South Africa, and inhabit an inter- 

 mediate geographical area. 



XVIII. THE PEARL-BREASTED FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS 

 AFRICANUS. 



Francolijius africanus, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 323 

 (1819); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 152 



(1893). 

 Francolinus afer (Latham, nee Miill.), Sharpe, ed. Layard's 



B. S. Afr. p. 595 (1884). 

 Adult Male and Female. — General colour of upper-parts, throat 

 and chest very similar to that of the two last species ; breast 

 and under-parts pale buff or whitish, with irregular arch-shaped, 

 black bars, producing a pearled or ocellated appearance; a 

 large patch of black and white I ar red feathers on each side of 

 the neck; inner webs of the primary flight-feathers brown, 

 more or less mottled with rufous. Total length, 13 inches; 



