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To be distinguished from F. kirki only by its greater size. 

 Hab. North-east Africa : Harar^ Shoa. 



12. Francolinus kirki. 



Francoliuus kirki, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 827 ; Finsch & 

 Harth Ost-Afr. p. 588, ph x. fig. 1 (1870). 



Francolinus rovunna, Gray, List Birds, pt. v.. Gall. p. 52 

 (1867). 



Francolinus (/ranti, Nicholson, F. Z. S. 1878, p. 359 ; 

 Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 597. 



Hab. East Africa : from the Rovuma River to Dar-es- 

 Salaam and Zanzibar Is. 



13. Francolinus aluogularis. 



Francolinus alboyularis, Gray, List Gall. B. iii. p. 35 (IS-li). 

 Cluetopus alboyularis, Bouap. C. R. xlii. p. 882 (1856). 

 Hab. West Africa : Gambia and Casaraanze. 



14. Francolinus spilol.emus. 



Francolinus psilolcemus J Gray, List Birds, pt. v. Gall. p. 50 



(1867). 



Hab. Shoa. 



15. Francolinus gutturalis. 



Perdix gutturalis, Riipp. N. Wirbelth. p. 13 (1835). 



Francolinus gutturalis, Riipp. N.O.-Afr. p. 103, pi. 40 

 (1845). 



Choitopus gutturalis, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 882 (1856). 



Scleroptera gutturalis, Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 248. 



Hab. North-east Africa : Bogos, Abyssinia, Somali-laud 

 {fide Speke). 



16. Francolinus finschi. 



Francolinus fins chi, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 106 (1881). 

 Hab. South-western Africa : Bengucla. 



17. Francolinus africanus. 



Pearled Partridge, var. A, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 773 (1783). 

 Perdix afra. Lath, (nee P. L. S. Miill.) Ind. Orn. ii. p. 648 

 (1790). 



Francoliuus ofcr. Gray, List Gall. B. iii. p. 34 (1844). 



