1920.] the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 847 



We have no specimens of tliis bird nor do we believe tliat 

 any collector has met with it since tlie time of Henglin. 

 We have before us a coloured drawing of the type in the 

 Stuttgart Museum and it seems to differ little from F. coqui, 

 except that the barring of the underside is finer and the 

 shoulders and wing-coverts are uniform light red. 



Francolinus schuetti schuetti ? 



Francolinus schuetti Cabanis, J. f. O. 1881, p. 351 : Luuda, 

 Angola-Belgian Congo l)oundary. 



[Chr. coll.] 1 Meridi Jan. B.G. 



The races of this species have been reviewed by Claude 

 Grant, Ibis, 1915, pp. 18-19, and we agree with his con- 

 clusions. Whether F. s. zappeyi Mearns can stand for the 

 Uganda birds, with which our specimen is identical, we do 

 not know, as we have no examples from Lunda, the type- 

 locality of the original bird. We should iiave little hesi- 

 tation, however, in refusing to admit two other races named 

 by Mearns, viz., F. s. keniensis and F. s. kapitensis, and we have 

 doubts whether the material at his disposal was sufficient to 

 warrant such close subdivision. 



We are by no means certain that F. schuetti is any more 

 than a race o{ F. squamatus Cassin of Gaboon, and that this is 

 also the case with F. ahantensis Temm. The group thus made 

 is a well-defined one and ranges throughout tropical Africa. 



Ammoperdix heyi cholmleyi. 



Amrnoperdij' cholmleijl (). -Grant, Handbook Game-Bii'ds, 

 ii. 1897, p. 293 : Erha Hills, nr. Suakin. 



[B. coll.] 11 neighbourhood of Suakin Mch. Apr. May, 



R.S.; 6 Bir Shigrieb, 1 Bir Terfaur Nov. Ber. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 5 Sinkat Mch. R.S. 



The above specimens constitute a fine series of these little 

 Partridges. There is also a specimen from Assuan in tiie 

 Museum collection obtained by Mr. F. S. Wortliington, 

 wiiicli appears to belong to this subspecies and therefore 

 extends its range northwards into Egypt. 



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