new and rare Francolins. 349 



rest of the plumage, F. shelleyi resembles F. gariepensis in 

 having the pale-buff cross-bars on the feathers of the upper 

 surface clear and distinct in the adult, and in having the 

 feathers of the sides and flanks with wide longitudinal bands 

 of chestnut on the inner or both sides of the shaft. It dif- 

 fers from that species, aud resembles F.jugularis in having 

 a patch of white black- edged feathers on the upper chest. 

 In skins the legs are yellow ; the bill dark brown, yellowish 

 towards the base of the lower mandible. Wing 6'8 inches, 

 tail 2*4, tarsus 1*5. 



Habitat. Natal ; Swaziland ; Matabeleland. 



3. Francolinus griseo-striatus, sp. n. (Plate X.) 

 Top of head greyish brown ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, and 

 superciliary stripes reddish white ; a nearly white spot behind 

 the eye. Chin and throat white. Feathers on back of neck, 

 back, scapulars, and outer secondaries are dark chestnut 

 down the middle, and margined on either side by a black and 

 pearl-grey band ; the chestnut middles of the scapulars and 

 secondaries are irregularly marked with black. Wing- 

 coverts, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts greyish 

 brown, finely vermiculated with black. Primaries and secon- 

 daries rufous chestnut, paler on the outer webs, and vermi- 

 culated and irregularly banded on both webs with black. 

 Tail rufous chestnut, the middle feathers paler on the outer 

 webs, and all are transversely vermiculated with black, 

 though this gradually becomes less marked on the outer 

 tail-feathers. Front neck and upper chest rufous-chestnut, 

 edged with white. Breast, belly, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts buff ; the feathers on the sides of the breast, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts with wide dull rufous shaft-stripes, 

 slightly vermiculated with black. Under surface of wings 

 silver-grey, vermiculated with pale buff. 



In the skin the colours of the soft parts are as follows : — 

 Upper mandible dark brown, yellowish at tip; lower yellow, 

 with dark tip. Legs and feet bright yellow; spurs dark 

 brown. Wing 6*3 inches, tail 3*2, tarsus 1*7. 

 Habitat. Congo River. 



