collected in East Africa. 553 



No. 53. S ■ Doreta, Masailand, July 18, 1890. — Irides brown ; 

 bill dark brownish horn; bare skin round eye and 

 chin red ; throat bright yellow ; feet very dark shiny 

 brown. Mostly in pairs at this season. Several broods 

 of young ones seen. 



295. Ptilopachys ventralis. 



Ptilopachys ventralis (Val.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iii. 



p. 879 (1873). 



No. 169. c?. Ngoboto, SUk, Jan. 14, 1890.— '' Hill Fran- 

 colin.^^ Iris brown ; bare skin round eye and base of 

 chin dviU carmine ; base of bill also carmine, the 

 tips dull dusky yellow ; feet dark coral-piuk. First 

 seen on Jan. 10th, observed in pairs on rough stony 

 hill-sides. 



296. COTURNIX DELEGORGUEI. 



Coturnix deleyoryuei, Deleg. ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost- 

 Afr. p. 591 (1870) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 381 (Bondei) ; id. 

 J. f. 0. 1885, p. 121 (Gelidja) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, 

 p. 53 (Kawanga) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 303 (Jipi, Kili- 

 manjaro). 

 No. 19. 6 . Teita, Dec. 13, 1888. 



Fam. NuMiDiD^, 



297. NUMIDA CORONATA. 



Numida coronata, Cab.; Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. pi. 40; 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 380 (1884 ; Nguruman, Ngaruku) ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 119 (Takaungn, Pangani, Naivasha) ; 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 51 (Kibaia). 

 No. 77. d. Makarungu, Ukambani, Feb. 17, 1889. 



298. Numida ptilorhyncha. 



Numida ptilonorhyncha, Licht. ; Finsch & Hartl. Vcig. 

 Ost-Afr. p. 570 (1870); Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. pi. 42; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. pp. 212, 272 (Adda-Galla) ; 

 id. op. cit. vi. p. 309 (1888; Shoa). 



No. 141. $. Turquel, Silk, Dec. 27, 1889.— Iris brown ; 

 bare skin of neck, face, and Avattles blue. Thousands of 

 them. 



