APPENDIX 305 



SPUR-FOWL 



Strictly speaking, the name " Spur- Fowl " is applicable only 

 to an Indian genus, that of Gallojjerdix. It has, however, been 

 adopted in East Africa for these bare-throated Francolins. 

 9. Cabanis' bare-throated Spur-Fowl — Pternistes infuscatus. In 

 thick bush at Sultan Hamud, Makindu, Voi, etc. A big 

 bird, and noisy. Male has double spurs. 

 10. Humboldt's Spur-Fowl — P. humholdti. On Tana. 



Quails 



Three species are found — 



1. European Quail — Coturnix communis. Scarce. 



2. Harlequin Quail — G. delegorguei. Under-parts ruddy chest- 



nut ; throat black. Abundant. 



3. Kurrichaine Button-Quail — Turnix hpurana. On lower 



levels, as at Simba, Baringo, etc. Abundant. 



GUINEA-FOWL 



Four species are found, to wit — 



1. Reichenow's Large Helmeted Guinea-Fowl — Numidareich- 



enoivi. This is the common kind. The huge bony crest 

 or " helmet " stands vertically upright, as sketched on p. 16. 

 Bare skin of face blue, wattles bright red. 



2. Abyssinian Helmeted Guinea-Fowl — N. jjtilorhyncha. From 



Baringo northwards. Abounds in packs of from 50 to 100 

 and upwards in the thorny bush on hillsides and on the 

 scrubby plains. All these birds roost gregariously in trees, 

 and at sundown, preparatory to " treeing," awake the echoes 

 with their cackling. A bunch of grey bristles at gape ; 

 helmet horn colour. Both the bare skin of face and neck 

 as well as the wattles are blue. 



3. Curly-crested Guinea-Fowl — Guttcra pucherani. The helmet 



is replaced by a tuft of curly feathers on crown. The 

 naked skin of head is blue, except the throat, which is 

 red. Frequents wooded riversides in the lower country. 



4. Vulturine Guinea-Fowl — Acryllium vidturinum. This 



splendid bird has a bright blue breast and shoulders, the 

 neck-hackles long and plume-like, with bold white shaft- 

 streaks, and a long tail like a hen-pheasant. The naked 

 parts are lead-blue, with a collar of dark-chestnut hair-like 



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