48 Mr. W. L. Scliiter o?i Birds collected 



crown of head, and t\]) of wattles bright waxy red ; tip of 

 crest horny red ; bill, at the base dull red, tip pale horn- 

 coloured ; a black line down the nape of the neck. 



Judging from specimens' I have had in captivity, as the 

 soft parts assume the red colouring, so do the eyes darken.] 



GGO. GUTTERA edouardi. 



P. Coguno, June (-4) ; Beira, Dec. (2), 



Eight eggs taken December 9, at Beira. 



["Mpongele" of the Machopees and Machangaans, 

 "Ntoli" of the Ntebij-. 



Ihave onl}^ seen the Crested Guinea-fowl at Inhambane 

 and Beira ; it wms reported by the natives to he found at 

 Gorongoza, but I did not myself come across it. It is 

 much more a bird of the forests than Numida coronata, 

 and I have never known it to visit native lands. At In- 

 hambane I have seen flocks of quite twenty individuals, 

 especially when out with natives hunting the Livingstone 

 Antelope. Many are shot by the natives on these hunts 

 with bows and arrows, when they endeavour to run away 

 through the bush without rising. Even in the breeding- 

 season they are gregarious, and on the occasion that I 

 secured the nest I saw three, two of which I got, both 

 being females. I took a nest with eight eggs on the 

 9th of December, 1906, at Beira, in a thick patch of forest ; 

 it was composed merely of dead leaves, and was situated in 

 thickish undergrowth under an overhanging branch of a 

 shrub, while was very cunningly concealed, as it was im- 

 possible to discover it until the hen bird rose on being put 

 out by my dog. At the time I was unable to get a shot at 

 her, and when later in the day I went back, after carefully 

 marking the spot, I was unable to make her out sitting on 

 the eggs, although I stood within a foot or so. 



The soft parts of an adult are: — Irides dark crimson ; 

 bill slaty at base, pearly at tip : bare skin on head and neck 

 dull slaty, except for a loose patch of skin immediately under 

 the crest on the nape of neck, which is of a dull white and 

 merges into the slate-colour of the neck on each side 

 under the ears ; legs and toes bhickish slaty.] 



