124 Mr. W. E. Ogilvie-Grant on some new 



The full ntiinber of tail-feathers is no doubt 14. 



This specimen is labelled : — 



" cf . Bill dark coral-red. Eyelids lighter ditto. Legs, 

 front of tibia coral-red, behind darker. Irides brown. Sep- 

 tember.^^ 



This new and splendid Francolin I have the pleasure of 

 naming after its discoverer, the indefatigable naturalist, Mr. 

 F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S. It is strikingly distinct, and, so far 

 as I am aware, perfectly unlike any Francolin hitherto de- 

 scribed. The only species at all allied to it is F. schuetti, 

 which it resembles in the style of plumage and in having 

 the bill coral-red, but it is quite different, while in size it is 

 equal to F. erkelii. 



Two adult male specimens were obtained by Mr. Jackson 

 in Kikuyu. The older specimen is the type of the present 

 description. 



2. Francolinus gedgii, sp. nov. 



Adult male. Top of the head and upper parts rich dark 

 brown ; lores black ; a superciliary white stripe commences 

 behind the nostrils, and is prolonged on either side of the 

 head. A black patch above the gape edged above with white, 

 ear-coverts rufous ; feathers on the sides of the head and 

 neck white with wide black centres. Chin and throat pure 

 white. Feathers on the back and sides of the neck, back, 

 and wing-coverts margined on either side with white, those 

 of the lower back with an olive-brown patch on either side of 

 the extremity ; rump and upper tail-coverts olive-brown with 

 dark centres, the latter irregularly edged and marked with 

 buff. Chest and rest of underparts pale buff, with wide black 

 shaft- streaks; some of the feathers of the sides and flanks 

 ornamented in addition with an oval chestnut patch, edged 

 internally with black on the margin of either web. Wings 

 dark brown; outer primaries, with the terminal part of the 

 outer web margined, and the basal part barred with buff, 

 the greater part oi: the terminal half of the inner web is also 

 buff; rest of the primaries and the secondaries are marked, 

 barred, and irregularly margined with buff. Tail dark brown, 

 with narrow wavy bars and margins of pale buff. 



