GUTTERA EDOUARDI. 



CRESTED GUINEA-FOWL. 



(Plate 38.) 



Numida edouardi, Hartlaub., Journ. Ornith., 1867, p. 36. 



Numida verreauxi, Sharpe's ed. Layard Birds of S. Afr., p. 585 

 (1875-84) ; Nicolls & Eglington, Sportsman in Natal, p. 109 

 (1892) ; Woodward, Natal Birds, p. 165 (1899). 



Numida fucherani, Sharpe's ed. Layard Birds of S. Afr., p. 586 

 (1875-84) ; Nicolls & Eglington, Sportsman in S. Afr., p. 109 

 (1892). 



Guttera edouardi, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxii, p. 382 

 (1893) ; Sclater, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., iii, p. 355 (1905) ; Sclater 

 and Stark, Birds of Afr., iv, p. 233 (1906). 



Guttera cristata edouardi, Reichenow, Vogel Afrikas, i, p. 451 (1900-01). 



LocAii Names. " Inkankatori " of the Zambesi natives (Capt. Boyd 

 Alexander). 



Dbsoription. Length 20 in. The sexes are ahke. 



DiSTBiBTTTiON. The Crested Guinea-Fowl is found only in one or 

 two districts in Natal, whence its range extends to the Zambesi 

 and Nyassaland. A very similar species is found in Uganda. 



The late Capt. Boyd Alexander gives the following account 

 of the Crested Guinea-Fowl : " By nature this bird is far more 

 retiring than the Helmeted Guinea-Fowl {N. mitrata), and 

 possesses even a greater aptitude for running, seldom making 

 use of flight. 



" We were fortunate enough to obtain two specimens of 

 this species near the river above Zumbo, while on another 

 occasion, while pitching our tent for the night, we heard a 

 flock close to the water, and not far off another one, but of 



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