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a fine network of white lines, the neck is plain vinous grey, the sides of the jaw 

 and neck are bare, and the chin and wattles red. Closely allied, but rather smaller, 

 is the Abyssinian guinea-fowl (N. ptilorhynchus), so called from the tuft of horny 

 bristles over the nostrils. This East African species is met with both in bush and 

 iu forests, and in summer, when running on grass, has the habit of flapping its wings 

 in much the same way as a quail. In the evening it shelters on trees, and in the 

 villages of Sennar may often be seen in close vicinity to human dwellings roosting 

 on the acacias and cypresses, when unmolested by the natives. The larger helmeted 

 guinea-fowl (iV. coronata), distinguished by the pale blue wattles with a red tip, 



VTTLTURE-LIKE GUINEA-FOWLS. 



ranges from the Zambesi to Cape Colony ; Reichenow's species (N. reichenowi), 

 with the wattles crimson and the helmet vertical, is another East African bird ; 

 the mourning guinea-fowl (N. marling ensis) ranges from Lake Tanganyika to 

 Benguela, while yet another species (N. cornuta) is restricted to Damaraland and 

 the immediate neighbourhood. Pallas's guinea-fowl (iV. mitrata) is confined in 

 Africa to the east coast north of the Zambesi, but is also found in Madagascar, as 

 well as in the Comoro Islands and Rodriguez, where, however, it appears to have 

 been introduced. The most beautiful member of the whole group is the vulture- 

 like guinea-fowl (Acryllium imltwrinum) of East Africa, characterised by the 

 naked throat and head and the velvety plumage, ornamented with a band of 



