U4 Mr. W. R. OgUvie-Qrant on 



greyish black, the primaries with a greyish-white spot at the 

 end of the cell. The basal half of the secondaries greyish 

 white, slightly tinged with yellow on the inner margin above 

 the anal angle. The underside of both wings greyish black ; 

 primaries with two spots at the end of the cell, and a mar- 

 ginal row of spots extending from the costal margin close to 

 the apex to the anal angle. Secondaries with four white 

 elongated streaks close to the apex, and a large chrome-yellow 

 patch on the inner margin. The head, thorax, abdomen, 

 antennae, and legs black. 



Expanse ^ 2 inches, $ 2\ inches. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sungei Ujong. 



XYI. — Further note on Francolinus Hildebrandti, Cahanisy 

 and Ohservations on Pternistes Humboldti, Peters. By 

 W. Pt. Ogilvie-Grant (Xat. Hist. Mus.). 



In the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1889, iv. p. 145, 1 published the 

 singular fact, previously suspected by myself, and afterwards 

 proved by Mr. Hunter, that Francolinus Altunii, Fischer and 

 Reichenow, is the male of F. Hildebrandti, Cabanis, and 

 that the latter name, having priority, must stand. Mr. H. 

 C. V. Hunter, to whom we are indebted for a fine series 

 of these specimens, writes as follows in Appendix I. to Sir 

 John Willoughby's ' East Africa and its Big Game,' p. 292 : — 

 " That these are one species there is little doubt. Both 

 Dr. Abbott and I myself sexed a great number of these birds ; 

 all the Hildebrandti turning out to be females, and all the 

 Altuini males. The Wa-caga boys daily brought in many 

 of them to camp alive, probably caught in the same trap, and 

 at least fifty birds were sexed with the above result. They 

 also, like Schuetti, live in thick low bush, and were rarely 

 shot." I mentioned the above discovery to Capt, Shelley, 

 who recorded the bare fact in his paper on the birds collected 

 by Mr. Hunter in Eastern Africa (P. Z. S. 1889, p. 370), 

 but Avithout giving any reason or referring to my paper as 

 quoted above. By some extraordinary accident lie also 

 included F. Schuetti in their synonymy, placing all three 

 names under the heading Francolinus Altumi. This error 

 called forth a somewhat indignant reply from Herr Matschie 

 (J. f. O. 1889, p. 340), in which he very lightly ridicules the 

 idea of F. Schuetti being synonymous witli F. Hildebrandti 

 and F. Altumi^ and remarks that it may not be absolutely 



