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Francolin7is peilti, Bocage, J. Sc. Lisb. vii. p. 68 (1879). 



Francolinus modestas, Cab. J. f. O. 1889, p. 89. 



I have, without hesitation, added Francolinus modestus, 

 Cab., to the synonymy of this species. Some years ago, 

 Dr. Cabanis sent to the Natural- History Museum specimens 

 Mhich he believed to be new, and to whicli lie had given 

 tlie MS. name of F. griseimaryinatus. Tiiese proved to be 

 F. squamatus, Cassin. 



So far as I have been able to discover, the name F. grisei- 

 marginatus was never published, and I have little doubt that 

 the name F. modestus has since been given to these speci- 

 mens, for the description agi'ees perfectly with the present 

 species and the geographical range is the same. 



Hab. West Africa : Loango Coast and Gaboon. 



41. FrAxVCOLINUS AHANTENSIS. 



Francolinus ahantensis, Temm. Bijdr. tot de Dierk. 1. p. 49, 

 pi. 14 (1854). 



Franco/inus ashantensis, Gray, List Birds, pt. v. Gall. p. 51 

 (1867). 



Hab. West Africa : Loango Coast, Gold Coast, Liberia. 



42. Francolinus jacksoni. (Plate I.) 

 Francolinus Jacksoni, Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 1.28. 

 Hab. East Africa : Kikuyu Country. 



43. Francolinus erckeli. 



Perdix erckeUi, Riipp. N. Wirbelth. p. 12 (1835). 



Francolinus erckelii, Des Murs in Lefebvre's Voy. en 

 Abyss, p. 144, pi. 11 (1845-50). 



Francolinus erkelii, Gray, List Gall. B. iii. p. 33 (1844). 



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



1 Francolinus icteropus, Heugl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 412; Hartl. 

 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 666, ph 39. fig. 2. 



Hab. North-east Africa : Bogos ; Eastern Abyssinia to 

 Shoa and westwards to Wogara, 2,500 to 11,000 feet. 



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