152 EXTRACTS FROM MEMBERS’ NOTE-BOOK 
F. Granti (dry-country bird). — Northern frontier ; Tam 
desert ; Jubaland ; Makindu. 
F. Kirki . — Reported from Taru desert. 
F. Gedgi.—tf) 
A. B. Percival. 
Breeding of Game Birds 
Reference Note XV. 
Francolinus Granti. — Kabulamuliro, Uganda, March 15, 
1912 ; I collected a pair between Fort Hall and Embu in 
June 1918 ; also obtained along the Nile at Gondokoro. 
F. Hubbardi. — Rift Valley, breeding in October. 
F. Shuetti . — Kikuyu; also collected specimens in Uganda, 
breeding August to September ; two clutches of four, also 
young birds, at Kabulamuliro, Uganda, on March 15, 1912, 
and at Mpumu and Kyetume, near Kampala, April 16, 1910. 
F. Icterorhynchus . — A pair shot Mpumu, near Kampala, 
February 13, 1910. 
F. Levaillanti . — Mpumu, Uganda. 
Pternistes infuscatus. — Kikuyu ; Embu ; Fort Hall ; Rift 
Valley — breeding August. 
F. Lathami (forest bird, rare). — Mabira Forest, Uganda — 
breeding September 1914. Young. 
Notes also on breeding seasons of game birds would be 
interesting ; also on courting habits. 
Is it usual for the females of game birds to utter the same 
call note as male, as is the case in Pternistes infuscatus ? 
V. G. L. VAN SOMEREN. 
Sama Water-Melon 
A Masai brought in a fine specimen of the Sama, the wild 
water-melon of the Kalahari, planted by Mr. Woosnam a couple 
of years ago, and reports that there are quantities of it, and 
that the game are eating it freely. This looks as if it had got 
a good hold on the country. I have now sent seeds to Jubaland 
and various dry districts. 
A. B. Percival. 
December 12, 1913.' 
