434 GAME-BIRDS. 
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bristles at the base of the upper mandible. The left-hand figure of our illustration 
on p. 433 represents the crested guinea-fowl (Guttera cristata), one of four species 
belonging to a group characterised by having a well-developed crest of black feathers, 
the general colour of the plumage being black spotted with pale blue, and the first 
four or five secondary quills margined with white, thus producing a white band 
along the wing 
when closed. The 
present species is 
further character- 
ised by the uniform 
black collar cover- 
ing the upper part 
of the chest, and 
by the naked skin 
of the head and 
neck being cobalt- 
blue, except on the 
chin and_ throat, 
which are red. 
This is another 
West African form, 
ranging from 
Sierra Leone to 
WAS the Gold Coast, its 
i \ habits being very 
rey 
bu 
Hl 
i! 
similar to those 
of the common 
euinea-fowl. Al- 
lied forms of both 
these genera are 
found in both 
Southern and 
Eastern Africa, but 
need no special 
mention. 
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MIWA. CRAG. HY vutturetike The 
VULTURE-LIKE GUINEA-FOWL PERCHING, SIRBERDSL vu 1- 
(From Sclater, List of Animals in Zoological Gardens.) . ture-like guinea- 
fowl (Aeryllium 
vulturinum) is a native of Eastern Africa, possibly ranging into West Africa. 
The head and upper half of the neck are naked, and covered with cobalt-blue skin, 
with the exception of a horse-shoe-shaped band of velvety reddish brown feathers 
round the nape. The feathers of the neck, chest and mantle are developed into long 
black pointed hackles, with white shaft-stripes and cobalt margins; the rest of the 
upper-parts being black, minutely dotted all over with white, and covered with 
small round black-edged spots; the sides and flanks are also similarly marked, but 
