38 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



feathers barred with black in 

 some specimens). Primaries and 

 outer tail-feathers dark brown. 

 Lesser and median wing-coverts 

 with a round black subterminal 



spot F. oculeus, J 2 . 



r*. Underparts neither rust-coloured 

 nor ochre. 

 r^. Feathers of the back of the neck 

 brownish or blackish, edged 

 with white or grey. 

 «*. Breast-feathers grey or buff, 

 shading into brown towards 

 the shaft. 

 e'. Margins of the feathers of 

 the middle of the breast 

 and belly dull grey .... F. schuetti, S • 

 f'. Margins of the feathers of 

 the middle of the breast 

 and belly pale buff .... F. schuetti, 5 • 

 y^. Breast-feathers whitish buff, 



with dark shafts F. squamatus, (j" 5 , 



(/'^. Breast- feathers dark brown, 

 with a wide submarginal 



band on each side F. ahantensis, S $ • 



«', Feathers of the back of the neck 



chestnut, edged with white or 



grey. 



h*^. Bill red ; all the feathers of 



the underpai'ts with wide 



chestnut stripes down the 



centre . F.jacksoni, S • 



i^. Bill black ; all the feathers of 

 the underparts with an ob- 

 long spot at the extremity . F. erckeli, c? 2 . 



1. Francolinus francolinus. 



The Francolin, Edw. Glean. Nat. Hist. v. p. 75, pi. 2-16 

 (1758). 



Tetrao francolinus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 275 (1766). 



Perdix francolinus, Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 340, 723 

 (1815). 



Attayen francolinus, Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 65 

 (1840). 



