374 Capt. B. Alexander on the 
270. ExcALFACTORTA ADANsoNi (Verr.). 
Excalfactoria adansoni Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 255. 
Pong. 
Found on waste land, covered with short dry grass. 
Observed in coveys of five or six birds. 
271. Francolinus albigularis Gray. 
Francolinus albigularis Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 149 ; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vi. p. 405 (Gambaga). 
Fr-ancolinus buckleyi Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 145. 
Gambaga and Sang. 
The two male specimens of this species in the British 
Museum, one of which is the type, dififer from the Gambaga 
examples in having the under parts uniform and of a 
warmer buff colour. In our specimens of both sexes the 
feathers of the fore-neck, sides of chest, and flanks are 
broadly edged with rufous, and the under parts are a paler buff. 
The Gambian examples, judged by their spurs and their 
clearer breasts, are older birds. Our female obtained on 
Jan. 27th diff'ers from our male specimens in the following 
characters : — The creamy-white shaft-stripes on the lower 
hind-neck and back are narrower, and the greater portion 
of the feathers are grey with black transverse bars on the 
margins of their webs. A chain of blackish-brown spots 
commences from the lores and circumscribes the wliole of 
the throat. Oq the webs of some of the chest-feathers are 
thin blackish bars, while a few of the flank-feathers have 
their inner webs chestnut, broadly barred with black. 
This specimen can certainly be united to the examples 
of F. buckleyi in the British Museum, obtained by Capt. 
Shelley at Accra. We have, therefore, no hesitation in 
confirming Mr. Hartert^s opinion on this matter, and in 
making F. buckleyi synonymous with F. albigulai^is. 
At Gambaga we found this Francolin rare and locally 
distributed, and only observed it on two occasions. 
272. Francolinus bicalcaratus (Linn.). 
Francolinus bicalcaratus Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 160 ; 
