4 NEAVE, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



The species was described by Mr. Oscar Neumann 

 from Usegua and Usambara in East Africa. 



5. Pternistes cranchi. 



Perdix cranchii, Leach, in Tuckey's "Narrat. Explor. River 

 Zaire," App., p. 408. (1818 : River Congo.) 



Pternistes lucani, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 402. 



Pternistes cranchi, Grant, " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 22, p. 178 ; 

 Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. r, p. 457. 



399. $ ad. Road to Ndola, Alala Plateau. Septem- 

 ber 19, 1905. 



410. $ ad. Road to Ndola, Alala Plateau. Septem- 

 ber 25, 1905. 



452. S ad. Bank of Kafue. October 19, 1905. 



Bill, red, the tip horn-colour ; iris, brown ; feet, red ; 

 other bare parts, red. 



" Insokosi " of the Alala. 



Only met with on the high plateau west of the 

 Mchinga Escarpment. 



This would seem to be the most southern locality yet 

 recorded for this species. 



6. Pternistes swainsoni. 



Perdix stvainsoni, Smith, "Rep. Exp. Cent. Afr.," p. 54. (1836 : 



Rivers South of Kurrichaine.) 

 Pternistes swainsoni, Grant, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 22, p. 



179; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 456; W. L. 



Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p, 217. 



9. <£ ad. Bank of Zambesi. June 21, 1904. 



Bill, black, red at the base ; iris, brown ; feet, black. 



135. ? ad. Bank of Loangwa. April 6, 1905. 

 Upper Diandible, black, the lower mandible, red ; iris y 

 brown ; feet, brownish-black ; other bare parts, red. 



