228 Dr. P. Kendall on the 



Chalcopelia afra. 

 Common at all times. 



CEna capensis. 



A pair of tliese birds I gave to Mr. Meade Waldo when I 

 left the Gambia iti March, 1890 ; he found that they bore 

 captivity well in Teuerife. 



PtEUOCLES TRICINCTUS. 



Only on the mainland; they are found in wooded spots 

 invariably, never in the open. 



Francolinus bicalcaratus. 



I got one clutch of eggs of this bird. It frequents sparsely 

 wooded and partially cultivated portions of the mainland. 

 I never flushed it in the open ''ground-nut '' fields. A pair 

 that I gave to Mr. Meade Waldo lived for months in his 

 aviary. These birds are excellent eating. 



Ptilopachys ventralis. 



Peliperdix lathami. 

 Bare. 



CoTURNIX COMMUNIS. 



Common in February and March on the mainland at 

 Barra. 



NUMIDA RENDALLI. 



Although I both heard and saw this Guinea-fowl, during 

 an expedition I made to Barcote in Foreign Combo, it was 

 SO wary, and the bush so thick, that I was unable to obtain a 

 specimen. Friends of mine shot it frequently on the upper 

 river; but, not being ornithologists, they plucked and did 

 not skin their specimens, 



FULICA ATRA. 



Uncommon. 



Parra africana. 



Seen only in Combo, on some fresh water. 



EUPODOTIS MELANOGASTER. 



For sportsmen on the Gambia this is the great piize. It 



