PHASIANID^ FBANCOLINUS 197 



a 2 . Throat white, more or less spotted with 

 black ; primaries uniform brown on the 

 inner web .......................................... F. africanus, p. 201. 



fe 2 . Throat white or whitish surrounded by a 



line of mottled black and white feathers. 



fl 3 . Black and white superciliary stripes 



coalescing on the nape of the neck ; 



primaries chiefly rufous ..................... F. levaillanti, p. 203. 



6 3 . Black and white superciliary stripes not 

 meeting on the nape, but curving round 

 towards the throat. 



a 4 . Lower breast and belly rich buff, 

 streaked and mottled with chestnut 

 black and white .............................. F. gariepensis, p.205. 



6 4 . Lower breast and belly pale buff, 



almost immaculate ........... ............ F. jugular-is, p. 207. 



c 4 . Lower breast and belly whitish with 



more or less distinct V-shaped bars ... .F. shelleyi, p. 208. 



B. Xo white or other marked shaft stripes on the 



back. 

 a. Beneath nariowly transversely barred with black 



and white ................................................ F. adspersus, p. 209. 



6. Striped or mottled, not barred beneath. 

 a 1 . Back and scapulars blackish-brown, the 

 feathers margined and vermiculated with 

 white ................................................... F. capensis, p. 210. 



&'. Back and scapulars olive-brown, finely vermi- 



culated with black ................................. F. natalensis, p. 212. 



647. Francolinus coqui. Coqui. 



Perdix coqui, Smith, Rep. Exped. C. Afr. p. 55 (1836). 



Francolinus subtorquatus, Smith, III Zool. S. Afr. Aves, pi. 15 (1838) ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 215 [Natal] ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 3, 6 [Oka- 

 vango River] ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 273 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 467 [Limpopo] ; BucHey, Ibis, 1874, p. 386 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, 

 p. 85; Ayres, Ibis, 1880, p. 110; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 361, [Bula- 

 wayo]; Sharpe ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 600 (1884) ; Ayres, Ibis, 

 1884, p. 232 ; W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 61 ; Nicolls fr Eglington, 

 Sportsm. S. Afr. p. 103 (1892) ; Bryden, Gun and Camera, pp. 282, 

 471 (1893) : Kendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 175. 



Scleroptera subtorquata, Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaraland, 

 p. 246 (1872). 



Francolinus schlegeli (nee Heugl.}, Sharpe ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 

 p. 602 (1884). 



Francolinus coqui, SchaecTc, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv, p. 349 (1891) ; 

 Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 143 (1893) ; id. Game Bds. i, p. Ill (1896) ; 



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