100 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
II. THE CURLY-CRESTED GUINEA-FOWL. GUTTERA 
PUCHERANI, 
Numida cristata, Shaw and Nodder (vec Pallas), Nat. Misc. pl. 
757: 
Numida pucherant, Hartl. J. f. O. 1860, p. 341 ; Elliot, Monogr. 
Phasian. ii. pl. 46 [naked skin incorrectly coloured] 
(1872). 
Numida granti, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 584 ; id. Monogr. 
Phasian, ii. pl. 43 [blue spots should be continuous to 
base of neck] (1872). 
Numida elliott, Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 652, pl. Ixv. 
Guttera pucherant, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 
383 (1893). 
Adult.—Differs conspicuously from both the preceding 
species in having vo black collar, the blue spots being continuous 
right up to the base of the naked neck. Crest full and carly. 
Naked skin on the head and throat red, on the back and sides 
of the head blue ; wattles red, very small ; fold of skin at the 
back of the neck well-developed. Total length, 20 inches ; 
wing, 10°8; tail, 5; tarsus, 3°6 ; middle toe (with claw), 2°7. 
Range.—Last Africa, extending from Zanzibar northwards to 
the Tana River and westwards into the interior. 
We are told that this extremely handsome Guinea-Fowl is 
only met with in the forest along the banks of rivers, but prac- 
tically nothing has been published respecting its habits. 
IV. THE STRAIGHT-CRESTED GUINEA-FOWL. GUTTERA 
PLUMIFERA. 
Numida plumifera, Cassin, P. Ac. Philad. viii. p. 321 (1856) ; 
id, Journ. Ac. “Philad. iv. “p. 16, pl. 2)(1358)- aE liee 
Monogr. Phasian. ii. pl. 47 (1872). 
Guttera plumifera, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 
384 (1893). 
Adult.—As in the last species, G. pucheranz, the spotting is 
