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Messrs. P. F. Bunyard, J. M. Goodall, and R. H. Read 



also contributed remarks and recorded their experiences of 

 the irregularity in the breeding-habits of certain species, 

 more especially Dartford Warblers and Shrikes. 



Since the Meeting of the Club was held, the diary of 'the 

 late Mr. Boyd Alexander together with a few additional 

 birds have been forwarded by his brother, Mr. Herbert 

 Alexander, to the Editor. The birds, which are mostly 

 Francolins, prove of great interest, especially the adult 

 male of Francolinus camerunensis, Alexander, already de- 

 scribed [cf. Bull. B. O. C. xxv. p. 12 (1909)]. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Gkant has added the following remarks : — 



" At first sight one is led to believe that the male of 

 F. camerunensis represents a quite distinct species, for the 

 plumage is very different from that of the female type; 

 but along with the adult male, Mr. Alexander procured a 

 second adult female similar to the type, as well as an imma- 

 ture male bird (which has been marked ' ? / obviously in 

 error) . This latter specimen, which is in partially adult male 

 plumage, clearly proves the relationship between the two 

 adult birds. A parallel instance of this difference in the 

 sexes among African Francolins is to be found in F. hilde- 

 brandti and F. johnstoni. 



" The male of F. camerunensis, which is quite unlike any 

 other known Francolin, may be described as follows : — 



"Adult male. Top of the head umber-brown, feathers above 

 the eye and on the cheeks grey with dark middles, feathers 

 of the sides of the neck, hind-neck, and upper mantle grey 

 with black middles, lower part of the mantle umber-brown 

 fringed with grey and with black shaft-streaks ; wings and 

 rest of the uppcrparts, as well as the tail and under tail- 

 coverts, rich umber-brown with a slight maroon tinge, most 

 pronounced on the rump ; ear-coverts brownish-grey ; chin 



