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Hab. Ichaf Ravine, Hamerah, and Dthubiyat, in Upper 

 Haushabi. 



SCOTOCERCA BURYI. 



Adult female. Allied to S. inquieta, but the general colour 

 of the upper-parts much darker ; the superciliary stripe com- 

 mencing behind the lores white, and the breast and under- 

 parts of a darker and more uniform dull rufous. Iris pale 

 yellow, a bluish- white patch of bare skin under each eye ; 

 bill brown ; legs brownish yellow ; feet brown. Total length 

 4*5 inches, wing 1"85, tail 1*95, tarsus 07. 



Hab. Dthubiyat, Upper Haushabi, S. Arabia. 



Mr. Grant also described two apparently new species of 

 African birds : — 



Sycobrotus zaphiroi. 



Adult female. Very distinct from the female of any known 

 species ; perhaps most nearly allied to S. emini, from which 

 it differs chiefly in having the entire top and sides of the 

 head as well as the upper back uniform black ; lower back 

 and rump dull grey ; the chin, throat, breast, thighs, and 

 vent pale bright yellow ; the belly and rest of under-parts 

 white. Total length 5*5 inches, wing 30, tail 2 - 3, tarsus 09. 



Hab. Abou Beker, Harar, S. Abyssinia, 10th June (P. 

 Zaphiro). 



The typical specimen had been shot by Mr. Zaphiro from 

 a nest containing two eggs. 



Francolinus thornei. 



Adult male. Differs from typical F. bicalcaratus in the 

 darker colour of the upper-parts and in the much heavier 

 black shaft-stripes on the feathers of the under-parts. Total 

 length ca. 13'5 inches, wing 7"0, tail 2'4, tarsus 2 - 45. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller. 

 Wing 68 inches. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. 



The type was collected by Capt. H. A. Thorne. 



