832 PROCEF.DINaS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vni. xxvm. 



inches (1,359 mm.) in extent; an immature male, December 23, 1889, 

 was 21i inches (540 mm.) long-: ''Iris dark brown; bill black; cere 

 and feet 3'ellow." There is a conspicuous range of individual color 

 variation in this species, even among adult birds. 



POLIHIERAX SEMITORQUATUS (Smith). 



Falco simitonjunla [err. typ.] Smith, Rep. Exj^ed. Explor. Cent. Afr., 1836, 

 p. 44 (near old J^atakoo, Kechuana Land, South Africa). 



Two specimens of this diminutive falcon are in the collection — an 

 immature female from the plains cast of Mount Kilimanjaro, October 

 3, 1888, and an adult male from the Teita Hills, January 11, 1890. 

 " Feet and cere (of adult male) red; bare skin around eyes red; iris 

 brown; bill very light slate blue, the tip black." In our immature 

 female the white collar on the hind neck is deeply tinged with chest- 

 nut and ochraceous; the broad, light terminals of the secondaries are 

 strongly rufescent; the primaries and rectrices are tipped with chest- 

 nut or tawn}^; and the feathers of the entire lower parts, except the 

 chin and upper throat, have tine blackish shaft streaks. 



Family TURNICID.E. 



TURNIX SYLVATICA LEPURANA (Smith). 



Ortj/gis lepurnna Smith, Rep. Exped. Explor. Cent. Afr., 1836, }). 55 (Kurri- 

 chaine, Bechnana Land, South Africa.) 



Two specimens: Aruscha-wa-chini, October 26, 1889; and Kahe, 

 south side of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mav -1, 1888. 



Family PHASIANID^E. 



FRANCOLINUS SEPH.ENA GRANTII (Hartlaub). 



Francolinus grantii Hartlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 665, pi. xxxix 

 tig. 1 (Unyamwezi, German East Africa). 



Five specimens, from Taveta. The female is smaller than the male, 

 is without spurs, and somewhat paler, more grayish on the upper sur- 

 face, though there seems to be no difference on the lower parts. A 

 bird in juvenal plumage, taken March 21, 1888, is in color above very 

 similar to the adult female, differing chieflv in being rather paler, 

 with less black on the nape; there is also less chestnut spotting on the 

 jugulum; the ground color of the posterior lower parts, excepting the 

 crissum, is deeper buff, and only a very little streaked and barred 

 with pale grayish, this confined mostl}^ to the breast and sides. 



