666 DR. G. HARTLAUB ON A NEW FRANCOLIN. [Nov. 14, 
Mr. Sclater, from whom we received the specimen, has included 
this species in his list of Capt. Speke’s birds given in the Society’s 
‘ Proceedings’ (1864, p. 113), without giving it a name. 
T add a list of the known species of African Francolins. 
. Francolinus rubricollis, Riipp......... Mus. Brem. 
nudicollas, (Gain enveciie ee ... Mus. Brem. 
swainsoni, Sm................. Mus. Brem. 
cranchi, Leach ,............. Mus. Brem. 
—— humboldtii, Pet. 
erkelit Ripe. <3 ve isc oe oe pS TEM 
CONIA oO& Wb 
clappertoni, Childr. .......... Mus. Brem. 
rueppelli, G. R. Gray (=clappertoni, Riipp.). 
. —— levaillantii, Val. 
10. albigularis, Gr. 
Vik bicalearatus, L. (=adansoni, Temm.=albiseapus, 
Heche) Lk. heen e .... Mus. Brem. 
12% GATLEPENSIS SAS Men sia «, wiaseee oer Mus. Brein. 
13 natalensis, A. Sm. ......... .. Mus. Brem. 
14. ahantensis, Temm...........-. Mus. Brem. 
15 afer Teming; \iid.2\a'.4s ns odes >, SRS Dreme 
16 capensis, Gm. (=clamator, Tem.) Mus. Brem. 
V7 adspersus, Waterh. 
18 subtorquatus, Sm. 
19 pileatus, Soe [Ree aigit-b > - -s< Mus. Brem. 
20 grant, Hartls:. 22... sia’ « GALS Bremi, 
21 icterorhynchus, Heugl. ........ Mus. Brem. 
22 schlegeli, Heuel sist eis ... Mus. Brem. 
23 gutturalis, Riipp. 
24 lathami, Hartl. (peli, Temm.) .. Mus. Brem. 
25 VULGATIS Et nak gore ee ...- Mus. Brem. 
Of F. icteropus, Heugl. (described Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 412), 
only one female specimen was obtained. This specimen was un- 
fortunately lost, but I am enabled to give a figure of it from Herr 
von Heuglin’s original drawing. The following are von Heuglin’s 
notes upon this species. 
FRANCOLINUS IcTEROPUS, Heugl. (PI. XXXIX. fig. 2.) 
Q. Similis F. erkelii, sed diversus; statura minore, cauda pro 
mole longiore; pedibus flavis; pileo nigricanti-fusco, subcristato, 
postice ferrugineo-limbato ; stria supratemporali utrinque nigra ; 
colli postici plumis conspicue ferrugineis, striis duabus longitu- 
dinalibus albis; abdominis et hypochondriorum plumis utrinque 
fascia lata longitudinali castanea notatis, subcaudalibus fas- 
ciolatis ; rectricibus fasciis alternantibus 12-16 isabellinis fus- 
cisque ; rostro fusco. 
Long. tot. 11", rostr. ab ang. or. 10!", rostr. a fr. 9!", al. 4! 9!", 
caud. 3! 5!!, tars. 1! 4!!, 
Lives in flocks of three to six on the southern slope of the moun- 
