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Range. — Eastern portion of South Africa, west of the Drakens- 

 berg Mountains. 



Nest. — Placed in a depression in the ground among rough 

 grass in some dry spot not far from water (Ayres). 



Eggs. — Rather short and peg-top-shaped ; tawny, spotted all 

 over with dark brown. Measurements, 1*5 by 1*05 inch. 



xxiii. buttikofer's francolin. francolinus jugularis. 

 Francolinus gariepensis, Strickland and Sclater {nee Smith), 



Cont. Orn. 1852, p. 157. 

 Francolinus jugularis, Biittikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. xi. pp. 76, 

 77, pi. iv. (1889) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. 

 p. 156 (1893). 



Adult Male and Female. — A paler western form of F. gariepensis, 

 with the general colour of the plumage paler, especially on the 

 lower breast and belly, which are pale buff, with only a few 

 chestnut and blackish spots. The black and white bands en- 

 circling the throat generally form a well-marked patch of black 

 and white feathers o?i the front of the neck. 



Eange. — Western South Africa, from Great Namaqua-land 

 northwards to Angola. 



Habits. — Andersson only met with this Francolin on the high 

 table-lands, and always on grassy slopes sprinkled with dwarf 

 bush. Though often very abundant and generally found in 

 coveys of six to eight birds, it lies so very close, after having been 

 once or twice flushed, that it is almost impossible to find again 

 even with the assistance of dogs. 



xxiv. shelley's francolin. francolinus shelleyi. 

 Francolinus gariepensis, Finsch and Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 582 



(1870; nee Smith). 

 Francolinus shelleyi, Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 348; id. Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 157, pi. vi. (1893). 

 Adult Male and Female. — Differ from both F. gariepensis and 

 F jugularis in having the breast and belly white, with V-shaped 



