go LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
appears to be founded on a domestic variety of V. meleagris 
with abnormally developed wattles (one inch wide and half an 
inch long), at the angle of the gape. 
NV. meleagris has been known to cross with the Common 
Pea-Fowl (see Hocker, J. f. O. 1870, p. 152). 
Nest.—Made in the midst of a dense tussock of grass. 
Eggs.—A bout twelve are generally laid, and sometimes many 
more. Pale brownish or yellowish-buff, the whole shell thickly 
pitted with reddish-brown. ‘The average measurement is 1°95 
by 1°55 inch. 
Il. ZECH’S HELMETED GUINEA-FOWL. NUMIDA ZECHI. 
Numida zechi, Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. iv. p. 76 (1896). 
Most nearly allied to V. me/eagris, from which it appears to 
differ chiefly in having the feathers of the upper-parts pale 
brown or grey-brown, spotted with darker, black down the 
middle, and with very fine greyish-white streaks; the white 
ocelli being apparently wanting. ‘Total length, 18°5 inches; 
wing, 11; tail, 6-4; tarsus, 3; middle toe and claws, 2°8. 
Range-—West Africa ; Togo-land. 
This form is evidently very closely allied to M. meleagris, 
and, if really distinct, apparently inhabits the same country. 
I have, as yet, had no opportunity of examining the type. 
lil. THE LARGE-HELMETED GUINEA-FOWL. NUMIDA 
CORONATA. 
Numida coronata, Gray, List of Birds, pt. 111. Gall. p. 29 (1844); 
Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. ii. pl. 40 (1872) ; Ogilvie-Grant, 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 376 (1893) [part.; Eastern South 
Africa]. 
Adult—Bony helmet long, high, and compressed (height, 
1-15 inch, length, ‘9*), sloping obliquely backwards ; feathers 
* The height is measured from the middle of the base to the apex; the 
length, at the base of the nelmet. 
