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(iii.) With no defined row of buff spots on both primaries. Back and scapulars 

 with white or buff shaft streaks. Breast and flanks not buff, uniformly 

 barred black. 



77. Ortygornis gularis. The Ktah or Swamp-Paetridge. 

 Kyah, Bengal; Buntitur, India; Koi, Assam; Bhil-titar, Cachar. 



3^ 15"; 17 to 22 oz. 2 14". Legs dull red. Bill black. Sexes alike, but 

 male has a spur on eacb tarsus. Above brown, with transverse black-edged 

 buff bars. Lower plumage streaked, each feather white, with double border 

 black and brown. Chin and throat chestnut. — Female smaller, with no spur. 

 N.W.P. to Assam. Five eggs (147 x 1-2), cream colour. 



Also F. streptopkwrus. The Ring-neoked F. from C.E. Africa. With eyebrow stripe and 

 throat white, and neck-ring black and white. S 11". No spurs. 



F. sephcsna. Smith's F. from S. Africa. Like F. streptophorus, but neck-feathers are chest- 

 nut, edged white. S 12". Pair of spurs. 



F. granti. 11". Grant's F. from E. Africa. Smaller than F. sephcena. 



F. kirki. Kirk's F. from E. Africa and Zanzibar. With oblong spots of chestnut on breast 

 and belly, i 11". Resembles F. sephcena and F. granti. 



F. spilogaater. The Spotted F. from N.E. Africa. Like F. HrH, but larger. 



F. albigularis. The White-throated F. from W. Africa. Back chestnut, blotched and 

 barred black, i 9". Pair of spurs. 



F. spilolcemus. Harris's F. from N. E. Africa. Chin and throat white, with round black 

 spots. 6 12-3". Pair of spurs. 



F. gutturalis. Riippell's F. from N.E. Africa. Breast and below buff, with black shaft 

 streaks. Like F. spilolcejnus. S IZJ". 



F. uliiensis. The Ulu F. from E. Africa. An intermediate form between F. gutturalis and 

 F. africanus. $ 12". Pair of spurs. 



F. africanus. The Pearl-breasted F. from E.S. Africa. Keok-patch of black and white 

 barred feathers. $ 13". Pair of spurs. 



F.finschi. Finsch's F. from S.W. Africa. Head and throat reddish. (5 14 J". Pair of spurs. 



F. castamicollis. The Chestnut-naped F. from N.E. Africa. Nearly allied to F.finschi. 

 Forehead with black rigid feathers. 9 12". 



F. levaillanti. Levaillant's F. from S. Africa. Known as the " Redwing." Rufous throat 

 encircled by defined line of black and white. S 13". 



F. crawshayi. Crawshay's F. from Lake Nyasa. Allied to F. levaillanti, but has the throat 

 white, bordered rusty. <J 11". 



F. gariepennis. The Gariep F. from E.S. Africa. Differs from F. levaillanti in that the 

 upper black and white stripes do not meet on the nape. <5 ISJ". Pair of spurs. ? some- 

 times with a blunt knob on one or both legs. 



F. jugularis. Biittikofri's F. from W. S. Africa. A paler form of F. gariepesfinis, but neck- 

 patch black and white. 



F. shelUyi. Shelley's F. from E.S. Africa. Breast and belly white, with black V-shaped 

 marks. S 13i". 



F. elgonensis. The Elgon F. from C.E. Africa. Nape and upper back rufous, spotted 

 black. S 12". 



(ir.) Jfith no defined row of buff spots on both webs of primaries. Back and scapulars 

 without white or buff shaft stripes. 

 F. adspersus. The close-barred F. from W.S. Africa. Mantle and below narrowly barred 

 black and white. S 12-6". Pair of spurs. 



With inner webs of primaries buff, largely barred and mottled. 



F. griseostratus. The Grey-striped F. from W. Africa. Above chestnut, margined black and 

 grey. <J pair of spurs. 



F. bicalcaratus. The Double-spurred F. from W. Africa. Below pale buff, margined chest- 

 nut, with racket-shaped black marks. S 12J". 



F. clappertoni. Clapperton's Double-spurred F. from the Soudan. Olive-brown, margined 

 and irregularly barred buff. Chest buff, with black shaft stripes. S 14". 



