136 fhi the African Fraucolins. [Ibis, 



32 c. Francolinus erckeli pentoni Praecl. 



Francolinus erckeli pentoni Praecl, Bull. B. 0. C. xl. 1920, 

 p. 141 : Erkowit. 



Considerably paler and greyer. Wings : (J 228-233 ; 

 ? 196-211. 



►Specimens 16. Brit. Mus. 13 (type). Tring 3. 



Range. Tbe neigbbourhood of Erkowit in tlie Red Sea 

 Province of tbe Sudan. 



Note. — Since tbis pa})er was written, I bave bad tbe 

 opportunity of glancing tbrougb tbe later numbers of 

 tbe ' Journal f iir Ornitbologie ' wbicb were not available 

 to me before, and I note tbree new Francolins described 

 therein. Tbe first, Francolinus tschadensis Rcicbw. J. £. 0. 

 1919, p. 334, from tbe Lake Cbad District, is a race of 

 F. clappertoni wbicb corresponds in description witb tbe 

 bird I call F. clappertoni, subsp. 1, from tbe White Nile 

 between El Duem and Renk. It may well prove to be a 

 westward extension of tbis race along tbe edge of tbe area 

 of greater rainfall. 



The second, Francolinns grotei Reichw. J. £. 0. 1919, 

 p. 334 : Mikiudani, is almost undoubtedly tbe bird I bave 

 recently described as Francolinus hildebrandti lindi, Bull. 

 B. 0. C. xli. 1921, p. 111. The description does not tally 

 exactly witb my single specimen, but I bave little doubt it 

 is the same and that Reichenow's name must stand. 



Tbe third is Francolinus gariepensis ludivigi 0. Neumann, 

 J. f. 0. 1920, p. 79 : Middelburg, Transvaal. Tbis appears 

 from its description to be a well-marked race, but I have 

 no specimens available at the moment from the northern 

 Transvaal. A single bird from near Vryburg is distinctly 

 paler and greyer on the crop feathers than typical examples. 



