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20. Francolinus levaillanti. 



Perdix levaillantii, Valenc. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxviii. p. 441 

 (1825). 



Perdix vaillantii, Temm. PI. Col. v. pi. 33 (1829). 



Francolinus levaillaiiti, Gray^ List Gall. B. iii. p. 33 (1844) ; 

 Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 85 (1849). 



Pternistes (Scleroptila) leimillanti, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. 

 Soc. p. 250 (1819). 



ChcBtopus levaillanti, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 882 (1856). 



Perdix levaillantoides, Smith, Rep. Exp. Ceut. Afr. p. 55 

 (1836). 



No doubt Smith intended the name P. levaillantoides to 

 apply to the bird which he afterwards named F. gariepensis ; 

 but from the description it is clear that the specimen de- 

 scribed belonged to F. levaillanti. 



Hab. South Africa : Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, 

 Cape Colony. 



21. Francolinus elgonensis. 



Francolinus elgonensis, Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 126. 

 Hab. Central East Africa : Mount Elgon, 11,000 feet. 



22. Francolinus gariepensis. 



Francolinus gariepensis, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pis. 83 

 [c?] &84 [?] (1843). 



Chatopus gariepensis, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 882 (1856). 



Hab. Eastern South Africa : Transvaal west of the 

 Drakenberg Mountains. 



23. Francolinus jugularis. 



Francolinus gariepensis, auct. (nee Smith). 



Scleroptera gariepensis, Gurney, in Anderss. B. Damaral. 

 p. 245 (1872). 



F'ancolinus jugularis, Biittikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. xi. 

 pp. 7Q, 77, pi. iv. (1889). 



Hab. Western South Africa : from Gt. Namaqualand 

 northwards to Angola. 



24. Francolinus shelleyi. 

 Francolinus gariepensis, auct. (nee Smith) . 

 Francolinus shelleyi, Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 348. 



