452 ZOOLOaiOAL EESULTS OP THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



Feancolinus schuetti Cabanis. 



Francolinus schuetti Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 468 (1901). 

 a-c. c? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6500 ft., 22ud & 25th Feb. [Nos. 1257, 



1271. jD. C. ; 3173. E. B. W.'\ 



d. c? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6500 ft., 3rd March. [No. 1282. J). C] 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet bright red. 



[Schuett's Francolin was not uncommon in the Toro district above 4000 ft., and was 

 occasionally seen on the east side of Ruwenzori up to 6500 ft. It was not found at the 

 south end of the range, its place being taken by Pternistes cranclii. — R. B. W.'] 



Francolinus icteroehynchus Heugl. 



Francolimis icterorhynclms Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 476 (1901). 



a. 3 . N. Ruwenzori, 2000 ft., 20th Aug. [No. 3552. R. B. TF.] 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet yellow. 



[A few examples of this Francolin were seen near the north end of Ruwenzori 

 between the Semliki River and Trumu. They might sometimes be seen perched on the 

 lower branch of a tree. — R. B. W.'] 



Francolinus MULEMiE Grant. 



Francolinus mulemm Grant, Ibis, 1905, p. 212 [Mulema, S. Uganda]. 

 «. $ . 20 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 24th Nov. [No. 8. R. E. D.] 

 Iris dark brown ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet olive-yellow. 



This Francolin was first procured by the late Mr. Doggett at Mulema, S. Uganda, 

 and inS.W. Ankoli. 



Pternistes cranchi (Leach). (Plate XIX. fig, 8, egg.) 

 Pternistes cranchi Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 457 (1901). 



a-c. c?. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 29th April. [Nos. 1453, 1454. 1). C. ; 

 2300. G. L.'] 



d, e. d et d imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 28th May. [Nos. 1561. B. C. ; 

 3424. R. B. W.] 



f-h. <J et d vix ad. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 13th-19th June. [Nos. 

 1626, 1634, 1651. B. C] 



Iris dark brown ; bare skin round the eye and on the throat red ; bill and feet red. 



Six eggs of this species are of a blunt oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are 

 uniform pale lilac-buff, rather finely pitted and mottled all over with white. They 

 measure from 1'52 to 1-55 inch in length and I'S in width. 



