collected in Nyasaland. 25 



in the feathers of the throat aud chest having uninterrupted 

 dark shaft-stripes^ which do not extend over more than one- 

 third of the feather, except on the crop, where these black 

 bands are wider ; the legs apparently bright orange. 



Adult female. Similar to the type of F. hildebrandti, but 

 decidedly duller and darker. 



I name this fine Francolin after Mr. H. H. Johnston, C.B., 

 F. Z.S.J to whose scientific zeal we owe the zoological explora- 

 tion of Nyasaland. 



175. TURNIX LEPURANA. 



Turnix lepurana (Smith) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 608 ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Cat. xxii. p. 539. 



Zomba, Oct., Nov. A rare species here, according to 

 Mr. Whyte. 



176. LiMNOCORAX NIGER. 



Limnocorax niger (Licht.) ; Shelley, 1. c. p. 29. 

 Zomba, Sept. ; Upper Shire River, Nov. 



177. CEdicnemus capensis. 



(Edicnemus capensis, Licht. ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 645, 

 855 ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distrib. Charadr. p. 81. 

 Tshiromo, Sept. 



178. Parra africana. 



Parra africana, Gm. ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 648. 

 Tshiromo, Sept. ; Upper Shire River, Nov. ; Lake Shirwa, 

 Dec. 



179. Glareola pratincola. 



Glareola pratincola, Linn, j Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 652; 

 Seebohm, Geogr. Distrib. Charadr. p. 256. 



Upper Shire River, Nov.; Lake Shirwa, Dec. One of the 

 specimens procured in December is a young bird. 



180. CURSORIUS chalcopterus. 



Cursorius chalcopterus, Temm.; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 656; 

 Seebohm, Geogr. Distrib. Charadr. p. 246. 

 Tshiromo, Sept. 



