1922.] On the African Francolins. 105 



134. Tisa variabilis (Teinininck). 



Dr. Ijiina (p. IIG) mentioned this bird from Iki Island, 

 and Seebohm (Ibis, 1892, p. 91) reported it from Tsushima. 



The following species are said to have occurred on 

 Tsushima : — 



Dryohates sp.? Mr. Utano's information. 

 Pica pica sericea Grould. A wanderer from Corea. 

 Icoturus akaJiige (TcMnm.). Mr. Utano's information. 

 Sitta eurotxca L. [subsp. ?]. ]\Ir. Teraoka met with a 

 Nuthatch. 



III. — A short systematic review of the African Francolins. 

 By C. W. Mackworth-Praed, M.A., F.Z.S., M.B O.U. 



The following is a short review of the Francolins of Africa 

 with particular regard to their distribution and geographical 

 races. I have attempted no identifications of the various 

 species, for their distinctions are in the majority of cases 

 well known, and can be found in any work on the subject. 

 I have, however, indicated the racial differences. The group 

 has not been treated of trinomially before in anything like 

 its entirety, and it will be found that I have adopted a wide 

 view of what constitutes a species. 



The material I have had before me has been large, for not 

 only have I had the opportunity of examining that in the 

 British Museum and in Lord Rothschild's Museum at Trinof, 

 but also the private collections of Sir Geoffrey Archer, 

 Col. S. R. Clarke, Sir Frederick Jackson, and some part of 

 that of Dr. V. G. L. Van Someren. To all these gentlemen 

 I am greatly indebted. It will be noticed that I have stated 

 under each species the number of specimens examined, and 

 also where they are to be met with, the latter a point of some 

 importance to anyone wishing to know where to find the 

 necessary material for further study of the group. All 

 measurements I have given are those taken by myself, and 

 the localities given in the range of a species are, in most 



