134 Lloyd's natural history. 



Francolinus ashantensis, Gray, List Gall. Brit. Mus. p. 51 

 (1S67). 



Adult Male and Female. — Upper-parts as in F. soua?natus, but 

 the feathers of the back of the neck are blackish, and margined 

 with white on the sides only; under-parts brown, with a wide 

 sub-marginal white band, edged on either side with blackish- 

 brown. 



Male : Total length, 14 inches ; wing, 7-3 ; tail, 3*4 ; tarsus, 2. 



Female: Smaller; wing, 67 inches. 



Range. — West Africa ; Gold Coast and Liberia. 



Eggs. — Supposed to belong to this species are "reddish- 

 brown, sprinkled with violet, and much paler towards the 

 poles " {Biittikofer). 



xliii. jackson's francolin. francolinus jacksoni. 



Francolinus jacksoni, Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 123, 1892, 

 p. 51, pi. 1 ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 171 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Top of the head, nape, and upper back dark 

 brownish-chestnut, with white and mottled grey, and with black 

 margins to the feathers ; rest of upper-parts brown, washed with 

 rufous on the outer wing-coverts and tail ; under-parts bright 

 chestnut, the feathers widely margined on both webs with white. 

 A pair of strong spurs, and a supplementary blunt knob on the 

 left foot. Bill and feet coral-red. Total length, 15*5 inches; 

 wing, 9*1 ; tail, 5*2; tarsus, 2*8. 



Kangc. — East Africa ; Mianzini, Masai-land. 



This is another of the new Francolins, by far the largest 

 and finest, discovered by Mr. F. J. Jackson during his journey 

 to Uganda. It is the largest bird of the genus, as well as one 

 of the handsomest, and the discoverer of this fine novelty may 

 well feel proud of it. Though common where it occurred, un- 

 fortunately only two specimens were preserved, both males \ 

 and the female is still unknown. 



