216 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



fresh vermiculated featliers of the second or intermediate 

 plumage are making their appearance. In this intermediate 

 plumage, which a bird assumes at the end of tlie first year, 

 the verraiculations of the breast-feathers are not so dark as 

 in the adult, but are broader ; these feathers also have a 

 broad, dark shaft-streak. The feathers of the mantle have 

 dark shaft-streaks, while the black on the uppermost secon- 

 daries is most conspicuous and not confined to the inner 

 web or shaft, as in adults, but extends to the margin of the 

 outer web. There are no signs of rufous edgings to the 

 breast-t'eathers. From observations made on F. schuelti, it 

 would appear that this intermediate plumage is retained 

 until the end of the second year, at which time the bird 

 would moult into the full adult plumage. 



Localities. Kalwanga^ Fort Portal, and Toro district, in 

 Ui 



Francolinus schuetti. 



c? & ? . l.i. 12 ; 16.iv. 10. 



Met with in the rough lands near native cultivations. 

 It is a noisy bird, especially towards evening, when it will 

 perch on some ant-hill or other prominent position and call 

 loudly. They are very much commoner in British East 

 Africa than in Uganda. They usually go in pairs. When 

 flushed they usually make for the nearest tree. They are 

 heavy flyers and easy to shoot. They nest twice a year; the 

 nest is placed under a tuft of grass or small bush ; the eggs 

 are sandy to bnfl" in ground-colour with pitted surface. 

 They have very hard shells. We have taken the eggs in 

 nearly etery month of the year, but nests are most numerous 

 from May to July and December and January. 



Localities. Mpumu, Kyetema, and Kasaka, in Uganda. 



Francolinus icterorhynchus. 



cJ 1-2. 13.ii.10; 3. v. 11. 

 ? 1-2. 13.ii.lO; 10.vii.l4. 



Two of these birds agree perfectly with Neumann's F. i. 

 ugandensis from Mondo, Uganda Province. This subspecies 

 was described from a single specimen, now in the Triug 



