collected in Nyasalancl. 473 



Numida verreauxi and iV. piicherani, Sharpe, B. S. Afr. 

 pp. 585, 586. 



Numida sp., Sclat. P. Z. S. 1890, pi. 10. 

 Port Herald, Lower Shire, Nov. 



58. Francolinus shelleyi. 



Francolinus shelleyi^ Orant, Cat. xxii. p. 157, pi. 6. 



Zomba, (^ ? , April. The occurrence of this species north 

 of the Zambesi supports Mr. Ogilvie Grant's suggestion that 

 the Francolinus gariepensis, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 120, 

 from Zanzibar, should be referred to this species. 



59. Francolinus johnstoni. 



Francolinus Johnstoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 24 ; Grant, 

 Cat. xxii. p. 559. 

 Zomba, (^ , April. 



60. Turnix nana. 



Turnix nana (Sundev.) ; Grant, Cat. xxii. p. 541. 



Turnix hottentotta, Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 604 (part). 



Zomba, Dec. This species ranges from Accra on the Gold 

 Coast, 6° N. lat., to Natal, but this is the first record of its 

 occurrence north of the Zambesi in East Africa. 



61 . Rallus c^rulescens. 



Rallus ccerulescens, Gm. ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 335 (Shire 

 R.) ;■ Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 610. 

 Palombi River, ^ ? , Oct. 



62. Porzana bailloni. 



Porzana bailloni (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 614. 



Palombi River, ^ , Oct. This is, I believe, the first time 

 that this widespread species has been met with in the Zambesi 

 district. 



63. LiMNOCORAX NIGER. 



Limnocorax niger (Licht.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 29, 1894, 

 p. 25. 



Palombi River, ,$ , Oct. 



64. PORPHYRIO SMARAGDONOTUS. 



Porphyria smaragdonotus, Temm. ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 619. 



