126 ON THE SPECIES OF PHASIANID^. [April 21, 



Sect. B. Guttera. 



5. NuMiDA CRisTATA. (Crcsted Guinea-fowl.) 



Numida cristata, Pall. Spic. Zool. iv. p. 15 ; Hartl. Oru. W. Afr. 

 p. 200 ; Lath. G. H. viii. pi. 122. 



Hab. West Africa : Sierra Leone, Ashantee, and Aguapim 

 (Hartl.). 



6. Numida pucheranii. (Pucheran's Guinea-fowl.) 



Numida pucheranii, Hartl. Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 341. 

 Hab. Zanzibar. 



The eastern form of iV. cristata, and probably the bird taken by 

 Layard for that species, in ' Ibis,' 1861, p. 120. 



7. Numida plumifera. (Plumed Guinea-fowl.) 



Numida plumifera, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1857, p. 321, et 

 Journ. iv. p. 6, pi. 2. 



Hab. Cape Lopez, Western Africa (Dm Ckaillu). 

 Mus. Brit. 



Sect. C. Acryllium. 



8. Numida vulturina. (Vulturiue Guinea-fowl.) 



Numida vulturina, Hardw. P. Z. S. 1834, p. 12; Gould, Icon. 

 Av. pi. 8. 



Hab. Madagascar (Layard, Ibis, 1861, p. 120). 



Genus 2. Phasidus, Cassin. 

 Range. — Western Africa. 



1. Phasidus niger. (Black Phasid.) 



Phasidus niger, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1851, p. 322, et Journ. 

 iv. p. 7, pi. 3. 



Hab. Cape Lopez, W. Africa (Dzt Chaillu). 



Genus 3. Agelastus, Temm. 

 Range. — Western Africa. 



1. Agelastus meleagrides. (The Agelastes.) 



Agelastes meleagrides, Temm. in Mus. Lugd.; Bp. P. Z. S. 1849, 

 p. 145 ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 200. 



Hab. West Africa : Dabocrom (Pel.) ; Gaboon (Verreaux). 



Mus. Brit. 



Having enumerated the fifty-six species of the family which I am 

 acquainted with as existing in a state of nature, I may now remark 

 that twenty-five of them have been already possessed by the Society 

 in a living state, namely : — 



1 . Lojihophorus impeyanus. 4 . Phasianus torquatus. 



2. Pucrasia macrolopha. 5. versicolor. 



3. Phasianus colchicus. 6. reevesii. 



