584 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON A NEW GUINEA-FOWL. [Juue 20, 



barred with brownish black, lower part also white, but the bars 

 fainter and wider apart ; bill and feet black. 



5. Description of a supposed new Species of Guinea-fowl 

 from Ugogo, Central Africa. By D. G. Elliot, F.L.S., 



F.Z.S., &c. 



[Received June 13, 1871] 



NL'MIDA granti. 



N. cristata, nigra ; capite et gutture rubris ; collo postice purpureo ; 

 cinctu collari nigro; corpore reliquo nigro, punctulis ccerulescenti- 

 albis passim maculato ; primariis vix rvfescenti-brunneis. 



Head with a full upright jet-black crest, like the other species 

 belonging to this group of tbe genus Numida ; entire upper part 

 of the head and also the throat bright red ; back and lower part of 

 neck purplish black ; entire plumage black, spotted all over with 

 bluish-white dots ; primaries bright brown ; outer webs of the first 

 secondaries white ; tip of tail and line above knee-joint black, un- 

 spotted ; bill greenish ; feet and legs black. 



Hab. Ugogo (Grant). 



The present description was taken from a coloured drawing made 

 by Colonel Grant from the only specimen shot by him during his 

 adventurous journey with Captain Speke through Central Africa. 

 It differs from all the species of this genus that I am acquainted 

 with in having the head red, all the others being black in the regions 

 of the eyes aud ears, the present bird having the same colour upon 

 those parts as is seen on the front of the throat. The drawing 

 which Colonel Grant kindly placed in my hands is very carefully 

 done, and is amply sufficient to illustrate the species, showing 

 very clearly its peculiar characteristics. Colonel Grant has also 

 handed me the following extract from his Journal : — " 8th Dec, 

 I860. — Both off in different directions shooting from six a.m. until 

 nine. I saw nothing except shooting a kind of Guinea-fowl with 

 black ostrich-feather-like top-knot ; back of head, eyes, and nostrils 

 and windpipe red sealing-wax colour ; neck in a loose ruffled skin of 

 purple meeting at lower part in round collar-like edges. Body the 

 usual bird's-eye; primary feathers brick-brown, a few of those next 

 them edged with white. Legs black, above knee-joint jet-black 

 feathers ; the thigh spotted ; not as round in body as Guinea-fowl, 

 and very slightly compressed as seen on the ground." Although 

 the distinguished travellers killed numbers of the common Guinea- 

 fowl, this specimen was the only one of this form seen by them. I 

 have great pleasure in naming it after Colonel Grant, who did so 

 much towards bringing their hazardous journey to a successful issue, 

 an undertaking which cannot but be regarded as one of the most 

 remarkable ever accomplished. 



