1922.] the African FrancoUns. 107 



whiter and more distinctly barred, less brown. Females 

 have a redder tone all over^ and the sides of the neck 

 brownish red, not grey. Wings: S 14()-150 ; ? 141-148. 



Specimens 15. Brit. Mns. 2. Tring 5. Dr. Van Someren 6. 

 Sir F. Jackson 2. 



Range. Forests of the Upper Congo watershed and 

 Uganda. 



2. Franc olinus nahani Dul). 



Francolinxis nahani Dubois, Ann. Mns. Congo, i. 1905, 

 p. 17, pi. X. : Tturi River, (?ongo. 



No known races ; the sexes are alike and not unlike the 

 males of F. lathami on the underside, but the breast streaked 

 and not spotted. For description of both sexes see Van 

 Someren, Ibis, 191G, p. 220. This species inhabits the same 

 forests as 7'\ /. S(7n</>o^^i in some cases. Wings: c? 141-149; 

 ? 137-144. 



Specimens 16. Brit. Mus. 2. Sir F. Jackson 12. Dr. Van 

 Someren 2. 



Range. So far known only from the forests of Uganda 

 and the Ituri River. 



3 a. Francolinus coqui coqui (Smith). 



Perdix coqui Smith, Report Exped. Centr. Afr. 1836, 

 p. 55 : Kurrichaine. 



Francolinus subtorquatus Smith, lllustr. Zool. S. Afr. 1838, 

 pi. 15 (renaming of above). 



? Francolinus stuhlmanni Reichw. J. f. 0. 1889, p. 270: 

 Usegua. 



I cannot separate typical South African specimens from 

 those of Nyasaland, Kenya (colony, or Tanganyika Territory. 

 Francolinus stuhlmanni Reichw. is said to have the tail- 

 coverts redder and unbarred, but we have no specimens with 

 those characteristics. Wings: (? 137-145 ; ? 126-138. 



Specimens 66. Brit. Mus. 53 (type). Tring 9. Sir F. 

 Jackson 1. S. R. Clarke 2. Dr. Van Someren J. 



Range. South Africa north to Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 

 and through Tanganyika Territory to the eastern half of 

 Kenya Colony. 



