ly Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 41 



It loves the rough boulder-strewn sides and tops of the 

 mountain-ranges, and often congregates in coveys of many- 

 dozens. In the early morning and late afternoon the well- 

 known call of '^ ku-klikj ku-kluu " is heard, being made by 

 the cock perched on some large rock. The'' Grey wing/^ like 

 most other Francolins, is an extremely difficult bird to flush. 

 I have myself, without a dog, carefully beaten out patches of 

 country where I have seen birds alight without flushing them. 

 I have not observed this species in many localities outside of 

 the Cape Colony, except in the Wakkerstroom Highlands, 

 and there it was by no means common.] 



650. Francolinus levaillanti. 



CC. Plettenberg Bay, Feb. (1); Z. Slbudeni, Nov., Dec, 

 Jan. (4) ; Jususie Valley, Dec. (1) ; Tv. Wakkerstroom, 

 Mch. (5); Zuurbron, May (2); Woodbush Hills, Nov., Dec. 

 (3); Legogot, IVfay (2). 



Two young birds from Wakkerstroom — males, dated 

 IMarch 22nd — only difi'er from the adults in the black and 

 white patch on the lower throat and the lines on the side of 

 the head, Avhich hardly shew as yet. 



[_" Redwing " of the Colonists. '' Etandale " of the Zulus. 



This Redwing, unlike F. shelleyi, is a Francolin of the 

 high uplands, especially open grass country devoid of bush. 

 It is seldom seen in coveys of more than four or six, and 

 often in pairs only. The call is the same as that of the 

 Grey wing, but stronger and clearer, and when once the 

 difference is noted they cannot be easily confused. It 

 was fairly common on all the high lands near the Knysna 

 coast-board, the grass-lands of the Wakkerstroom Highlands, 

 the high land above Legogot, and the N'Kandhla (Sibudeni) 

 ridges, but was rather scarce on the Woodbush Hills.] 



053. Francolinus shelleyi. 



Z. Hluhluwe Stream, Aug. (1) ; Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. 

 (1) ; Woodbush, Jan., Ma.j, June (14) ; Legogot, May (2) ; 

 P. Coguno, June (1). 



Young birds taken at Woodbush, on May 17 and June 11, 



