292 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
excrescences, I can state that on several occasions I opened birds havings eggs so far 
advanced that I had them beaten up and fried; these birds all had the excrescences, 
but in some cases smaller than in others. I shot this bird on the plains and among the 
rocks of Senafé, and also literally on the sands of the. bay at ebb tide. I am sorry now 
that I did not examine the stomachs of those shot on the shore— VM. J/.] 
Fam. TETRAONID. 
180. FRANCOLINUS RUBRICOLLIS, Riipp. (nec Lath.). 
Francolinus rubricollis, Riipp. Atlas, t. 30. 
Pternistes rubricollis, Riipp. p. 106. no. 882; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 531; id. Fauna d. Roth. 
Meer. no. 216; Brehm, Habesch, p. 223. no. 128. 
Francolinus rubricollis, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 576. no. 308. 
leucoscepus, G. R. Gray. 
3. Koomaylee. June 4, 
. 9. Koomaylee. June 4. 
. ¢. Sahati. June 23 (no. 458). 
. 9. Sahati. June 23 (no. 1281). 
. 6. Between Rairo and Monbar Harratt-b’. August 14. 
f. S. Rairo. August 14 (no. 904). 
[Iris brown; skin under throat orange-red; throat chrome-yellow; legs and feet 
brown. 
This species does not go far into the hills. J.] 
e Aare 
181. FRANCOLINUS RUEPPELLI, Gray. 
Perdizx clappertoni, Riipp. Atlas, t. 9. 
Francolinus riippelli, G. R. Gray ; Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 106. no. 379; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 527 ; 
Brehm, Habesch, p. 228. no. 126. 
a. 3. Senafé. May 15 (no. 1168). 
6. 2. Senafé. May 15 (no. 1168). 
c. 9. Kokai. July 11 (no. 1292). 
d. 2. Bejook. July 16 (no. 1697). 
e. 2. Maragaz. July 30 (no. 1654). 
f. 3. Waliko. July 23 (no. 1810). 
g. &. Waliko. July 24 (no. 1220). 
h. 2. Waliko. July 24 (no. 1834). 
i. §. Waliko. July 24 (no. 1891). 
k. &, Waliko. August 3 (no. 1121). 
1. 2. Waliko. August 4 (no. 1240). 
m. 6. Waliké. August 4 (no. 1201). 
Differs from the nearly allied Fr. clappertoni, Gray, in the markings of the feathers 
on the jugulum and breast. These are in this species brown, paler on the centre, with 
