48 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



type was obtained in Bornu (see Denham's 'Narrative/ 

 p. 320), and is preserved in the Natural History Museum. 

 There is a second specimen in the same collection which was 

 obtained by Mr. Petherick in Kordofan. 



In 1826 Cretzschmar figured and redescribed the same 

 species in Riippell's 'Atlas/ p. 13, pi. 9, under the name of 

 Perdix clapiiertoni, from six specimens obtained by Riippell 

 in Kordofan, who also recorded the bird from Darfur and 

 Bornu. The figure is a good one, and shows the distinctive 

 characters of the species at a glance. 



In 1844 Gray published the third part of his 'List of the 

 specimens of Birds in the British Museum,^ and, for some 

 inexplicable reason, he imagined that Cretzschmar's figure 

 represented a species distinct from F. clappertoni, Children, 

 so he renamed the former Francolinus rilppelli (p. 33), and 

 in 1846 figured the latter type as F. clappertoni, in the 

 'Genera of Birds,' iii. p. 505, pi. 130.1 



Anyone comparing these two figures, Cretzschmar^s in 

 ' Rijpp. Atl.' pi. 9, and Gray's in ' Gen. B.' pi. 130, will see 

 at once that they represent the same species. 



The name F. ruppelli is therefore simply a synonym of 

 F. clappertoni, though by some mistake it has been applied 

 by the majority of authors to the Abyssinian bird, which is 

 really a very distinct species, and has never possessed a 

 name, though it is well figured by Des Murs in Lefebvre's 

 'Voy. en Abyss.' p. 146, pi. xii. (1845-50). I therefore 

 propose the name of F. sharpii for the Abyssinian bird, in 

 honour of my colleague, Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. 



Hab. North-east Africa ; Bogosland, Abyssinia, and Shoa, 



34. Francolinus capensis. 



Cape Partridge, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 756 (1783). 



Tetrao cajjensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 759 (1788) ; Forst. 

 Desc. Anim. p. 400 (1844), and Icon. ined. pi. 135. 



Perdix capensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 643 (1790). 



Francolinus capensis. Gray, List Gall. B. iii. p. 34 (1844). 



Pternistes (Clamator) capensis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. 

 Soc. p. 250 (1849). 



