1922.] the African Francolins. 110 



9 E. Francoliniis castaiieicollis gofanus Neuiii. 



Francolinns castaiu'icollls (jofanus Neiim. J. i". 0. I'JOl, 

 p. 353 : Gadat, in Go£a. 



A very dark and richly-coloured race. Head bright 

 cliestnut, rump and upper tail-coverts particularly dark. 

 Wings : S 220-229 ; ? 195-205. 



Specimens 13. Tring 10 (tyi-c). Brit. Mus. 3. 



Range. GoEa and Kullo, to the north-west of the Abys- 

 sinian Lake District. 



9 F. Prancolinus castaiieicollis, subsp. 2. 



This is a very distinct-looking form, and I regret that I 

 have not enough material to justify naming it. A bright 

 chestnut head as in the last race, but the back almost plain 

 olive-brown. Pale feathers of underside yellowish, not 

 white. Female — possibly not adult — like the male but duller, 

 with the back greyer and more mottled, and the feathers of 

 the underside with little or no red and with large gvey 

 centres. Wings: S '^'^^ (worn): ? 183 {vix ad'^). 



Specimens 2. S. R. Clarke 2. 



Range. South-western Abyssinia; west of the range of the 

 last race. These two specimens came from ' Margee.' 



10 A. Francolinus shelleyi shelleyi O.-Grant. 

 Francoliniis slielleiji Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 348 : 



Umvuli Kiver, Mashonaland. 



I cannot see any distinction between birds from the 

 Transvaal, Nyasaland, or southern Uganda. F. slielleiji is a 

 low-ground bushveld bird, which is naturally less likely to 

 vary tban a bird which is conlined to isolated patches of high 

 ground. Wings : ^ 1(53-182 ; ? 162-170. 



Specimens 39. Brit. Mus. 33 (type). Tring (3. 



Range. Mashonaland, Natal, Zululand^ southern Nyasa- 

 land, most of Khodosia and south-western Uganda. 



10 B. Francolinus shelleyi trothae lleichw. 

 Francoliniis shelleyi var. trotlue Reichw. Vog. Afr. i. 1901, 

 p. 490 : Ugalla, Tanganyika Territory. 



This race, which is apparently described from a single 



