Manchester Memoirs, Vol li. (1907), No. 10. 3 



Common in dense bush in the Loangwa Valley. This 

 appears to be the first record of this species so far to the 

 north. 



3. Francolinus johnstoni. 



Francolinus johnstoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 24 (Zomba and 

 Mlanje Hills); Grant, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 22, p. 559 



(i8 9 3)- 

 Francolinus hildebrandti johnstoni, Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," 

 vol. 1, p. 479 (1901). 



127. $ ad. Petauke. March 29, 1905. 



Bill, orange, yellow at base ; iris, brown ; feet, orange. 



The only specimen met with of this Nyasa-land 

 Francolin. " Nkwali," of the Asenga, but this is the 

 generic name for all Francolins. 



4- Pternistes melanogaster. 

 Ptemistes nudicollis melanogaster, Neumann, Journ. f. Ornith., 



vol. 46, 1898, p. 299, pi. 3, fig. 1 (Tanga, Usambara) ; 



Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 462, 

 Ptemistes melanogaster, Sharpe, " Handl. B.," vol. 1, p. 25 



(1899). 



100. $ ad. Petauke. March 2, 1905. 

 Bill and bare skin of face, orange scarlet ; feet, orange 

 scarlet, 



222. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 7, 1905. 



275. <$ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 26, 1905. 



Bill and bare skin of face, scarlet ; iris, brown ; feet, 

 scarlet. 



297. $? ad. E. bank of Loangwa. July 4, 1905. 



Bill, horn-tinted pink; iris, dark brown ; jeet, pinkish- 

 red ; bare skin on face, pinkish. 



Native name, " Nkwali." Not uncommon in Loangwa 

 Valley. 



