8 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 





wing, 6'4 ; tail, 3; tarsus, 1*5. Male with a pair of rather 

 blunt spurs. 



Range. — Eastern South Africa ; Transvaal to Cape Colony. 



Habits. — This species is chiefly found in stony elevations 

 and on the sides of mountains, and is decidedly a high-ground 

 bird. Though the flight is strong, it is rarely sustained for 

 any great distance, but the birds are said to run so swiftly that 

 a winged one is almost certain to escape, unless followed by a 

 good dog. The strong, curved bill of this Francolin enables 

 it to dig up with great ease the small bulbous roots and insects 

 which form its chief food. 



Eggs. — Six to eight in number, varying in colour from light- 

 green, almost white, to greenish-brown, and minutely dotted 

 with brown. Measurements, i'6 by i'2 inch. 



XIX. FINSCH'S FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS FINSCHI. 



Francolimcs finschi, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 406 (1881). 



Adult Male and Female. — General colour of the upper-parts as 

 in the preceding species, but easily distinguished by its larger 

 size and by having the entire sides of the head, as well as the 

 sides and base of the throat, uniform reddish-buff ; chin and 

 middle of throat pure white ; rest of under-parts dusky-grey, 

 shading into golden-buff on the belly, and spotted with chest- 

 nut. Bill very strong. Male with spurs. Total length, 14-5 

 inches; wing, 6*5; tail, 3*2 ; tarsus, 1-65. 



Range. — South-western Africa ; Benguela. 



Nothing is known of this rare Francolin, of which only a few 

 examples, now in the Lisbon Museum, have been obtained at 

 Caconda in the above-named country. 



XX. THE CHESTNUT-NAPED FRANCOLIN. FRANCOLINUS 

 CASTANEICOLLIS. 



Francolinus castaneicollis, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. 

 xxvi. p. 542 (1888) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 350, pi. 

 xi.; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 153 (1893). 



