Genera Francolinus and Pternistes. 37 



A*. Inuer webs of primaries freckled 

 or dotted with buif ; underparts 

 strongly striped witli brownish 

 black on a white or buff ground. 



n'. On a white ground F. hartlaubi. 



o^ On a buff ground F. icterorhynchus, S $ . 



/*. Inner webs of primaries with lon- 

 gitudinal rufous or buff stripes ; 

 feathers on the chest dark bi'own, 

 narrowly margined with buffy 



white F. shaiyii, S ? • 



^. Inner webs of primaries uniform dark 

 brown, sometimes slightly dotted 

 with buff tow ards the marginal ex- 

 tremity. 

 h^. Throat spotted with black. 



m*. Lower back and scapulars black- 

 ish brown, each feather narrow- 

 ly margined and vermiculated 



with white F. capensis, J $ . 



n'. Lower back and scapulars reddish 

 or olive brown, finely mottled 

 with black. 

 /)'. Breast and belly white, with 



V-shaped black marks F. natalensis, S $ • 



y'. Breast and belly white, with a 

 heart-shaped black mark on 



each feather F. hildebrandti, S • 



I*. Throat not spotted with black. 

 0*. Underparts bright rust-colour, 

 dotted with buff ; flight-feathers 

 without a clear spot at the ex- 

 tremity; tail-feathers and outer 

 webs of the wings brown, vermi- 

 culated with rufous buff F. hildebrandti, 5 . 



p*. Underparts clear ochre ; isolated 

 feathers with white borders, and 

 some of the breast-leathers 

 spotted with black at the tip ; 

 flight-feathers with a clear 

 spot at the extremity ; tail- 

 feathers and outer webs of the 

 wings rust-red, barred with dark 



brown F.Jixc/ieri, 2 ■ 



qK Underparts bright reddish chest- 

 nut : (the basal half of the breast- 



