50 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



38. Francolinus oculeus. 



Perdix oculea, Temm. Pig, et Gall. iii. pp. 408, 733 (1815); 

 Gray, III. Ind. Zool. i. pi. 58 (1830-32). 



Galloperdix oculea, Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 882 (1856). 



CaJoperdix oculea, Blytli, Ibis, 1867, p. 160. 



Rollulus oculeus. Gray, List B. pt. v. Gall. p. 65 (1867). 



Caloperdix oculeus, Hume & Marsh, Game B. ii. p. 101, 

 pi. (1879). 



Calloperd'ix oculeus, Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 69 (1879). 



Tetrao ocellatus, Raffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 322 (1822). 



Cryptonyx ocellatus, Vig. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 349 (1829). 



Rollulus ocellatus, Gray, List of Gall. iii. p. 43 (1844). 



Caloperdix ocellata, Blytli, B. Burm. p. 151 (1875). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Specimens from Sumatra and Java are, on the whole, less 

 brightly coloured on the underparts than Malaccan birds, 

 and the chest, even in perfectly adult and old specimens, 

 has the basal halves of the feathers irregularly barred with 

 black ; the black feathers also of the upper back, instead of 

 being ornamented by a white submarginal line, are irregularly 

 barred with yellowish white. I must, however, add that a 

 female specimen from Malacca obtained by Dr. Maingay 

 represents an intermediate form, the breast and underparts 

 being darker and similar to other Malayan birds, but some 

 of the feathers of the chest are barred with black, while the 

 markings on the upper back, though white, are disposed as 

 transverse bars, instead of following the shape of the feathers. 

 It is for this reason impossible to separate the two forms, 

 which would no doubt be regarded by some as incipient 

 species. 



39. Francolinus schuetti. 



Francolinus {Scleroptera) schuetti, Cab. J. f. O. 1880, 

 p. 351, and 1881, pi. ii. 



Hab. West Africa : Lunda, Angola. East Africa : Kili- 

 manjaro dist., 5000 to 6000 feet. 



40. Francolinus squamatus. 



Francolinus squamatus, Cassin, P. Ac. Philad. viii. p. 321 

 (1857). 



