38 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



believe also at sunrise^ not moving far frora their resting- 

 places throughout the day. 



The soft parts of a male are : — Irides brown ; bare skin 

 round eye yellowish; bill slaty.] 



6l7. Francolinus coqui. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, June, July (5) ; Tv. Woodbush 

 May, June (13) j Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (4) 

 Legogot, Apl., May (3) ; P. Coguno, Aug., Sept. (5). 



[" Shrimpy " of the Colonists. c? " Ntendele," 

 $ " Hwambi" of the Zulus. 



"J^he Coqui is essentially a '' bushveld " Francolin, and does 

 not usually inhabit open country. It consorts in small coveys 

 of about half a dozen. The call is a harsh grating note, 

 several times repeated, which might be described as " kuna- 

 kuua-kuna," sharply pronounced, and is often mistaken for 

 that of some kind of Rail and seldom placed by newcomers 

 to the credit of the Coqui. This species is not plentiful in 

 Zululand, where it is only to be found in the low country ; 

 but it becomes commoner to the northwards (Inharabane 

 and the Northern Transvaal). It was not seen or heard in 

 the country lying between Beira and the Zambesi. It is 

 very partial to disused native lands and the bases of kopjes. 

 When flushed it seldoms flies far, and can always be marked 

 down, but as it is a great runner it cannot always be again 

 found. A female has the iris brown ; bill yellow at the base, 

 black at the tip ; feet yellow.] 



648. Francolinus seph^na. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, July (1) ; P. Coguno, Aug. Sept. (3). 



Francolinus granti. 



Francolinus granti Reichenow, Yog. Afr. i. p. 490. 



P. Tete, Aug. (1 c?, 1 ? ). 



I am inclined to identify the pair of Crested Francolins 

 obtained at Tete with F. granti. They are distinctly smaller 

 than the examples of undoubted F. sephana from Coguno, 

 wings 146 S , 1^*3 ? , against 154 S iwd 149 ? , and the 

 under tail-coverts are plain ochreous and not barred as in 

 F, sephana ; but, on the other hand, the triangular chestnut 



