346 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on 



and vermiculated with black and buff. The adult females 

 apparently never lose these markings, though the white shaft- 

 stripes become narrower ; but in the males these bars gradu- 

 ally disappear with age, and in the oldest examples, with 

 long spurs, the upper surface is entirely devoid of cross-bars, 

 and the white shaft-streaks are greatly reduced in width. 



Francolinus granti, Hartlaub. 



(1865) Francolinus granti, Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 665, 

 pi. 39. fig. 1. 



(1867) Francolinus rovuma, G. R. Gray, List Birds Brit. 

 Mus. pt. v. p. 52 [part.]. 



(1873) Francolinus schoanus, Heuglin, Nordost-Afr. iii. 

 p. 891. 



The name F. rovuma was founded by G. R. Gray in 1867 

 on two specimens, one of which was labelled "East Africa," 

 while the other was from the B ovum a Biver. These birds, 

 unfortunately, do not even belong to the same species, the 

 former being an adult male of F. granti, while the specimen 

 from Rovuma Biver is a female of F. kirki. F. schoanus, 

 Heuglin, is founded on a specimen of F. granti, and has, of 

 course, no connexion with F. pileatus, to which the author 

 compares it. The synonymy should stand as above. 



In this species the chestnut shaft- markings are confined, 

 in both sexes and at all ages, to the upper chest, and are 

 never developed on the breast and belly. The measurement 

 of the wing varies considerably in individuals of the same 

 sex, and this is apparently due almost entirely to age. In 

 the male the wing varies from 5*2-6*0 inches ; in the female 

 from 5*2-5*7. 



I have to thank Dr. Schauinsland for kindly forwarding 

 the type of this species, an adult female, for my inspection. 



Francolinus kirki, Hartlaub. 



(1867) Francolinus kirki, Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 827. 



(1867) Francolinus rovuma, G. R. Gray, List Birds Brit. 

 Mus. pt. v. p. 52 [part.]. 



As above mentioned, Gray's F. rovuma was founded on birds 

 belonging to two species. The female from Rovuma belongs 



