Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 



X. On a collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



By S. A. Neave, M.A., B.Sc, 



Magdalen College, Oxford. 



{Communicated by Dr. W. E. Hoyle, F.R.S.E.) 



Received and read October 30th, igo6. 



The following is a list of the birds collected by me 

 during 1904 and 1905 in North Eastern Rhodesia, as 

 naturalist to the Geodetic Survey. The locality proves 

 extremely interesting as regards questions of geographical 

 distribution. The localities may be divided into two 

 main districts — (1) The Loangwa Valley and surrounding 

 country, from 1,500 to 3,000 feet, which has mainly South 

 African affinities, with a few Nyasa-land species added. 

 (2) The high plateau between the Mchinga Escarpment 

 and the upper reaches of the Kafue River. This country 

 has an interesting fauna, with some West Coast and 

 Equatorial Lake affinities. 



The collection has been arranged according to Dr. 

 Bowdler Sharpe's " Hand-List of Birds," with references 

 to Dr. Reichenow's " Die Vogel Afrikas," and other stan- 

 dard works. 



Order GALLIFORMES. 

 Family PHASIANID/E. 



1. Francolinus shelleyi. 



Francolinus shelleyi, Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 348 (Natal, Matabele- 

 land, and Swaziland); Id., "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 22, 

 p. 157, pi. 6; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 490. 

 W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 208. 



June 14th, 1 go/. 



