Birds from Eastern Africa. 127 



but it comes closest^ on the whole, to F. granti and its allies 

 (see Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 345) . 



Of this new bird there are four examples — a young and 

 an adult female and two fully adult males. The plumage of 

 both sexes on the head, back, wings, rump, and tail closely 

 resembles that of F. granti already described by me in the 

 above-mentioned paper ; but the mantle and upper chest 

 (of which the feathers are barred with black and white), and 

 the chestnut nape, sides of the neck, sides of the throat, 

 cheeks, lores, and superciliary stripe, distinguish the present 

 species at a glance from every other known Francolin. More- 

 over, the feathers of the lower back, rump, and scapulars are 

 largely blotched on one or both webs with rich brown ; the 

 superciliary stripe and the hinder part of the chestnut cheek 

 and side of throat are edged above with white. The chin and 

 throat are also white, some of the feathers round the edges 

 tipped with chestnut. The lower chest and rest of under- 

 parts are pale buff, the former crossed with wavy black bars 

 only, and the latter, especially on the sides and flanks, with 

 large oblong black blotches on one or both webs of the 

 feathers, and wavy bars of the same colour. 



Neither sex bears any trace of a spur. 



(J . Wing 6*2 inches, tail 2'7, tarsus 1-55. 



$ . Wing 5*9 inches, tail 2*5, tarsus 1*5. 



The following are Mr. Jackson's notes : — 



"Irides bright brown. Bill dusky; gape and base of 

 lower mandible yellow. Legs dull yellow. Noticed in pairs 

 or singly, and first seen at S. foot of Elgon, 1. iii. 90.^' 



5. LOPHOCEROS JACKSONI, Sp. UOV. 



This very distinct species of Hornbill, of which only one 

 adult specimen was obtained in Suk, north of Kavirondo, is 

 most nearly allied to L. deckeni (Cab.) from Teita and Lamu, 

 but may be at once distinguished by having the wing-coverts 

 ornamented with subtermiual oval white sjDots, these coverts 

 being uniform black in L. deckeni. 



Total length 19*5 inches, wing 7*5, tail 8*6, tarsus 1-5. 



The specimen is labelled : — 



" c?. Torquel, Suk. 27. xii. 89.'^ (F. /. Jackson.) 



