552 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



144. Dendrocycna fulva. 



Dendrucycna fulva (Gm.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 171, 

 no. 2260; Salvad. Cat. xxvii. p. 149; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 28. 



Dendrocygna major, Sclat. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 477. 



Songue, July. A female. 



145. TuRNIX LEPURANA, 



Turnix lepurana (Smith) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 178, 

 no. 2324; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 25. 



Ruarwe, June ; and Karonga, July. Eight specimens. 



146. Turnix nana. 



Turnix nana (Sundev.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 178, 

 no. 2325 ; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 473. 



Karonga, July. One male. This species ranges over 

 Southern Africa, north to Nyasaland, on the east side of the 

 continent, and has been procured at Accra, on the Gold 

 Coast. 



147. COTURNIX DELEGORGUEI. 



Coturnix delegorguei, Deleg. ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 179, 

 no. 2332; Grant, Cat. xxii. p. 243; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 605 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 79. 



Karonga, July. A male. 



148. Pternistes cranchi. 



Pternistes cranchi (Leach) ; Shelley, B. i\.fr. i. p. 179, 

 no. 2338; Grant, Cat. xxii. p. 178; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 77. 



Kondowe Mission Station, between the Mount Waller and 

 Nyika ranges, June. An adult male and female, and two 

 chicks. And from the Masuku Mountains an adult bird. This 

 species ranges over the Congo district, south-eastward to 

 Lake Nyasa, and north-eastward to Bukoba in Uganda. 



149. Francolinus shelleyi. 



Francolinus shelleyi, Grant; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 181, 

 no. 2366 ; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 473. 



Nyika Plateau, June. A female, not quite adult. It 



