120 Mr. C. W. Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



specimen, is stated to have, among other distinctions, the red- 

 brown spots on the crop and sides darker, and to be greyer 

 on the back. I have seen no material from Tanganyika 

 Territory. 



Specimens. None examined. 



Range. Ugalla, and possibly elsewhere in Tanganyika 

 Territory. 



10 c. Francolinus shelleyi whytei Ncum. 



Francolinus whytei Neum. Bull. B. O.C. xxi. 1908, p. 76 : 

 Nyika Plateau, Nyasaland. 



Possibly a high-ground race of F. shelleyi, equally 

 possiblj^ a full species. Barring of underside reduced to 

 narrow V-like markings ; throat buff, not white. Wing : 

 ? 162. 



Specimens 1. Brit. Mus. 1 (type). 



Range. Nyika Plateau of Nyasaland. " Bare ridges of 

 short ffrass at high elevations." 



JSote. — There is a bird in the Tring Museum from Mt. 

 Milanji which may be of this race, but which is very 

 dark and with a larger bill. It is more than possible 

 that high ground in Rhodesia may produce a bird of this 

 type as well. I am inclined to think that these birds 

 will prove to be specifically distinct from the low-ground 

 F. shelleyi. 



11. Francolinus elgonensis 0. -Grant. 



Francolinus elgonensis Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 126 : 

 Mt. Elgon. 



Possibly allied to F. sJtelleyi, but with the under surface 

 russet-brown, and with the barring narrow and obsolete, 

 often brown instead of black. Feathers of crown dark with 

 rufous tips. Wings: c? 178-183; ? 176. 



Specimens 6. Brit. Mus. 3 (type). Sir F. Jackson 3. 



Range. Mt. Elgon, between 7700 and 1100 ft. 



12 A. Francolinus levaillanti levaillanti ^Valenc). 

 Ferdix levaillanti Yalenc. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxviii. 1825, 

 p. Ill : Cape. 



