68 GAME BIRDS OP THE PROTECTORATES 
GUTTERA CRISTATA 
Guttera cristata, Wagler. 
‘ Ogil vie- Grant’s Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.’ Vol. XXII, page 381. 
‘ Sharpe’s Hand -List,’ Vol. I, page 42. ‘ Shelley’s Birds of 
Africa,’ Vol. I, page 183. ‘ Reichenow’s Vogel Afrikas,’ Vol. I, 
page 450. 
So far as is at present known the Black- collared Crested 
Guinea-fowl is confined to the Mau Forest. Near the ravine I 
saw and heard it on many occasions when out after Bongo, 
but only once obtained it whilst beating some small patches 
of forest close to the station. Its call is a soft musical trill, 
very different from the harsh, far-sounding cackle of the 
helmeted birds. When calling it stands bolt upright with 
its throat slightly inflated. 
The general plumage is black, spotted all over with round 
dots of bluish-white, most of the feathers being very 
narrowly edged with the same colour. The top of the head is 
covered with a full long crest of curling black feathers : a 
uniform black collar round the base of the neck extending 
in front on to the upper part of the chest. Rudimentary 
wattles at the angles of the gape, and naked skin of head and 
neck cobalt-blue except the chin and throat, which are dark 
Indian red ; bill greenish -horn- colour, feet dark brown. 
Length 20 inches, wing 10-2 inches, tail 5-1 inches, tarsus 
8 inches. 
GUTTERA PUCHERANI 
Guttera pucherani, Hartl. 
‘ Ogilvie-Grant’s Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.’ Vol. XXII, page 383. 
‘ Sharpe’s Hand-List,’ Vol. I, page 42. ‘ Shelley’s Birds of 
Africa,’ Vol. I, page 183. ‘ Reichenow’s Vogel Afrikas,’ Vol. I, 
page 452. 
The Curly-crested Guinea-fowl is more plentiful and has a 
much wider range than the foregoing. It is found on the coast 
from Jubaland to the Anglo-German frontier, westward to 
Taveta, and thence northwards to Kikuyu, but only in those 
parts where there is forest or tall thick bush. 
Adult Male and Female . — Differ from G. cristata in having 
the spotting continued right up to the naked neck. The naked 
