64 GAME BIRDS OF THE PROTECTORATES 
Suk hills in January 1890, just above the canon through 
which the Turkwel river runs. 
Though I saw about ten of these birds, they were such 
adept runners amongst the rocks and scrub on the steep hill 
sides, and so exceedingly difficult to flush, that only one was 
bagged, whilst another, only winged, was lost. 
Male and Female . — Top of the head brown, fading into 
sienna on chest and mantle, each feather with a dark band 
down the shaft ; those of the head are also margined with 
brownish-white, while those of the other parts have a sub- 
marginal band of whitish, and are irregularly barred with 
brown towards the margins. Rest of the back, rump and 
upper tail-coverts dull brown, finely vermiculated with whitish. 
Stripe over eye, cheeks, chin, throat and neck dark brown, 
margined with whitish. Middle of the breast uniform buff ; 
sides of the breast, sides and flanks chestnut irregularly and 
transversely barred towards the margins of the webs with 
dark brown and white. Thighs dark brown, irregularly barred 
with white ; belly and under tad -coverts dark brown, the latter 
fringed with dirty white. Tail dark brown, faintly mottled, 
especially on the inner feathers, with rufous-buff. 
Male . — Length 11 inches, wing 5*2 inches, tail 8*6 inches, 
tarsus 1*2 inches. 
Female . — Length 9*5 inches, wing 4*7 inches, tail BT inches, 
tarsus IT inches. 
PTILOPACHYS FLORENTINE 
PtilopacJiys flor entice, Ogilvie-Grant. 
‘ Ogilvie- Grant’s Bull Brit. Om. Club,’ Vol. X, page cvii. (1900), 
‘ Reichenow’s Vogel Afrikas,’ Vol. I, page 502. 
This Hill-Francolin was discovered by Lord Delamere at 
Gessema in the Randile country in British E. Africa and was 
named after Lady Delamere by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant. In habits 
it probably differs little from P. fuscus , and confines itself to 
stony scrub-covered hills. It is distinguished from P. fuscus 
by having the plumage altogether darker, the black markings, 
especially on the under -parts of the body, being much coarser. 
The mantle and upper back are devoid of the broad chestnut 
