Birds of the Gold Coast Colony ^c. 375 
Reichen. J. £. O. 1897, p. 7 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. vi. p. 405 (Gambaga). 
Gambaga and Sugeri (Gold Coast Hinterland). 
This Francolin is abundant. We have seen as many as 
forty birds in one flock. 
In our series there are two forms. An adult male (with 
well-developed spurs) and a female, obtained at Sugeri, have 
the feathers of the chest and the remainder of the under 
parts warm buff, contrasting with the pale whitish buflp of 
the other specimen. 
273. Ptilopachys fuscus. 
Ptilopachys fuscus Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 256; Reichen. 
J. f. 0. 1897, p. 9 (Togoland) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. 
p. 405 (Gambaga). 
Gambaga. 
Not common, generally found in small flocks in thick 
short grass. Towards evening dead fallen trees are often 
made use of as look-out posts. During the heat of the day 
rocky kopjes in the vicinity of running streams are frequented. 
When disturbed the birds take refuge in the crannies of 
the rocks. The male looks very much like a little bantam 
cock, extremely pert and always strutting about with its 
tail raised. 
The end of February is the breeding-season, when they 
are found in pairs. 
The male difi'ers from the female in having the patch on 
the breast bulf-coloured instead of white. 
274. NuMiDA MELEAGRis (Linn.). 
Numida meleagris Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 375; Reichen. 
J. f. O. 1897, p. 8 (Togoland). 
Everywhere abundant, from the White Volta northwards 
to Gambaga. Many individuals are kept by the natives in a 
domestic state, especially by the chiefs of the large villages. 
275. Pterocles quadricinctus Temm. 
Pterocles quadracinctus Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 32; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vi. p. 406 (Gambaga). 
Gambaga. 
