1922.] the African FrancoVins. 123 



Specimens 19. Brit. Mus. IG (types). S. U. Clarke 2. 

 Tring 1. 



Ranye. Southern Transvaal and Orange Free State I'ro- 

 vince.* 



14 b. Francolinus gariepensis pallidior Nenni. 



Francolinus jugnlaris pallidior Neum. Bull. B. 0. C xxi. 

 1908, p. 45 : South of Ckuiene River, S.W. Africa. 



Paler and more sparsely spotted on the underside than in 

 the typical race. Wings : S 167-17G ; ? lGO-162. 



Specimens 9. Tring 1 (type). Brit. Mus. 8. 



Range. Damaraland, but to an unknown extent. 



Note. — There are two birds from Tsunieb, S.W. Africa, 

 in the British Museum, which are still paler in ground- 

 colour and have the black feather-margins as in the types of 

 F. g. gariepensis. They have also a crop-patch of white 

 feathers edged with black, in this respect and in ground- 

 colour resembling the next race. 



14 c. Francolinus gariepensis jugularis Biitt. 



Francolinus jugularis Biittikofer, Notes Leydeu Mus. xi. 

 1889, pp. 7G, 77, pi. iv. : Gambos, Southern Angola. 



Tills is the palest race with a noticeable crop-patch of 

 black-edged white feathers. The ranges of this and the last 

 race are not clear. Of the four specimens examined, two 

 from Catumbella are extremely pale and presumably typical, 

 the other two, merely labelled ' Benguella,' are hardly, if at 

 all, distinguishable from F. g. j^allidior. It is quite within 

 the bounds of possibility that F. jugularis is a ditferent 

 species to F. gariepensis, and that a race of each inhabits the 

 same areas. Wings of present race : S 156-lGO ; ? 147. 



Specimens 4. Brit. Mus. 4. 



Range. Gambos,andelsewhere in Angola; limits unknown.* 



15. Francolinus adspersus Waterh. 



Francolinus adspersus Waterhouse, in Alexander\s Exped. 

 ii. 1838, p. 2G7 : Damaraland. 



* 8ee note at the end of the paper. 



