by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 39 



spots are not confined to the neck, but extend to the 

 breast as in F. sephana. Finally, the lower breast and 

 abdomen are much paler than in either F. sephana or F. granti. 

 F. granti was first described from Unyamwesi ; it is found 

 throughout East Africa, both German and British, but does 

 not seem to enter Nyasaland. It has not been previously 

 recorded from South Africa. 



[" Noygelele " of the natives between Beira and the 

 Zambesi. 



Smith's Francolin is one of the most difficult of the 

 genus to secure, and without a good dog is seldom seen. 

 It inhabits the denser thickets and the masses of vegetation 

 and reeds on river-banks. I have often seen it feeding at 

 the edge of the native gardens, but on the first alarm it runs 

 into the long grass and thickets, and is extremely difficult to 

 Hush. When flushed it rises rapidly and is very strong 

 on the wing, requiring straight and quick shooting to bring 

 it down. This Francolin will often, on being chased by a 

 dog, take refuge on the big limbs of the forest-trees, and until 

 I discovered this habit I lost many flushed birds, thinking that 

 they had gone away. I have never seen this species other- 

 wise than in pairs, always cock and hen, and it has not, to 

 my knowledge, any call. Nowhere in the south do I think it 

 common, but northwards, especially on the Zambesi, it is 

 quite plentiful. 



The soft parts of the adult are : — ^ . Irides dark brown ; 

 bill black ; legs and toes red. ? . Irides brown ; bill 

 almost black ; legs and toes red.] 



Francolinus kirki. 



Francolinus kirki Reichenow, Vog. Afr. i. p. 497. 



P. Masambeti, Nov. (1). 



This example, an adult male, was identified and recorded 

 by Claude Grant (Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 1908, p. 6(3) as new to 

 South Africa. It matches examples in the British Museum 

 from the river Ruo in Nyasaland, from the Rovuma River 

 (the type of F. rovuma G. R. Gray), and from Dar-es-Salaam, 

 and is doubtless identical with F. kirki described by Hartlaub 



