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Sta. Elena, Argentine Republic, and remarked upon its great 

 general similarity to the young of the Anatidse. Mr. Holland 

 had noted the bill as dark brown, tip yellowish, iris black, 

 and feet flesh-colour. 



No. XLI. (January 31st, 1897.) 



The fortieth meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 20th of January, 1897. 



Chairman : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



Members present : — G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, E. Bid- 

 well, Lieut.-Col. C. T. Bingham, F. E. Blaauw, J. L. 

 BoNHOTE, P. Crowley, W. E. De Winton, Dr. F. D. 

 Drewitt, H. O. Forbes, E. Hartert, Sir Herbert Max- 

 well, Bart., R. Nesham, H. J. Pearson, H. Saunders 

 (Treasurer), R. B. Sharpe (Editor), W, B. Tegetmeier, 

 N. F. Ticehurst, a. B. R. Trevor-Battye, Watkin 

 Watkins, H. M. Wallis, C. A. Wright, J. Young. 



Visitors : Sir Andrew N. Agnew, Bart., J. Allan, J. 

 Cyril Crowley, C. B. Gedge, Percy Jaques, Col. H. 

 Murray. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant described a new Francolin, 

 discovered by Mr. F. J. Jackson in the Kikuyu district, 

 British East Africa, as follows : — 



Francolinus kikuyuensis, n. sp. 



Most nearly allied to F. levaillanti, but the middle of the 

 throat suffused with chestnut ; the feathers of the super- 

 ciliary stripes and the stripes from the gape along the 

 sides of the throat pale rufous, with narrow black edgings, 

 very different from the boldly-marked black and white 

 stripes in F. levaillanti. The patch of black and white 

 feathers so conspicuous on the fore neck and upper part of 

 the chest in F. levaillanti are represented by a much smaller 

 patch with the ground-colour rufous white. The breast and 



