1922.] the African Francolins. 109 



A drawing of the type of this Fiancoh'n is in the British 

 Museum, and shows a bird very similar to F. c. coqui except 

 that the shoulders and wing-coverts are uniform light reddish 

 brown, and the barring on the underside is somewhat finer. 

 This bird has never been rediscovered, and only one speci- 

 men appears to be in existence. 



Specimens ; none examined. 



Range. Bahr el Ghazal (? formerly). 



3 G. Francolinus coqui buckleyi O.-Grant. 



Francolimis huckleyi Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 41 : 

 Accra, Gold Coast (ex Shelley MSS.). 



There is considerable doubt as to what the birds named 

 above are. All our specimens are females and they are like 

 F. c. coqui, except that the barring on the underside is less in 

 extent and much finer. They may be the females of F. c. 

 schlegeli, for the female of that race is unknown. They may 

 be a distinct race of F. coqui, as named above. They may 

 also be, as Dr. Hartert has suggested, females of F. albogularis 

 Gray. AVith regard to that I can only say that there are in 

 the British Museun^ females of F. albogularis which are 

 exactly like the males, and also females which approach 

 these birds very closely. It is a very pretty problem and 

 one which the field-naturalist must settle. Wings of above 

 specimens : ? 124-128. 



Specimens 4. Brit. Mus. 3 (types). Tring 1. 



4. Francolinus streptophorus O.-Grant. 



Francolinus streptophorus Ogilvie-Grant. Ibis, 189 1 ,l^. 12(> : 

 Mt. Elgon. 



No races distinguished. Some specimens, notably from 

 Kavirondo, are very grey, but it does not seem a constant 

 local character. Wings: c? 152-101; ? 152-158. 



Specimens 21. Brit. Mus. 4 (type). Sir F. Jackson 10. 

 Tring 3. S. li. Clarke 3. Dr. Van Someren 1. 



Range. From Mt. Elgon to the Kavirondo country of 

 Kenya Colony and to Acholi in Uganda. 



