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disturbed, and many undoubtedly roost in such positions. It 
is generally found in small lots of two or three, and rarely more 
than four or five. It prefers to seek safety by running and 
skulking, and when flushed does not often go much beyond 
gun-shot range before settling again. In the vicinity of 
Naivasha it breeds in July and August. 
Male . — Top of the head black with grey margins ; back 
of neck and shoulders black with white margins ; back and 
rest of the upperparts closely freckled and vermiculated with 
black, grey and pale brown ; throat pale buff ; cheeks and 
sides of face pale buff with black centres ; breast and flanks 
white with large black blotches ; abdomen brownish buff. 
Iris brown ; bill brown ; gape and lower mandible orange ; 
feet orange-red with dusky black toes. 
Length 14J inches, wing 7*5 inches, tail 3*8 inches, tarsus 
2* 2 inches. 
Female . — Upperparts similar to those of the male. Throat 
buff ; neck and upper-breast black with grey margins, and 
reddish buff. Iris brown ; bill brown ; gape and lower 
mandible coral-red ; feet red, and armed with one or two 
pairs of sharp spurs. 
Length 14 inches, wing 6*9 inches, tail 8-7 inches, tarsus 
1*9 inches. 
FRANCOLINUS SCHUETTI 
Francolinus schuetti, Cabanis. 
‘ Ogil vie- Grant’s Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.,’ Vol. XXII, page 170. 
‘ Sharpe’s Hand-List,’ Vol. I, page 25. 4 Shelley’s Birds of 
Africa,’ Vol. I, page 182. 4 Reichenow’s Vogel Afrikas,’ Vol. I, 
page 468. 
Schuett’s Francolin is a somewhat local bird, but has 
a wide range. It is plentiful throughout the Kikuyu forests, 
and on the western flanks of the Aberdare Range ; also in 
the Mau forests, at Londiani and the Ravine. At one time 
it was plentiful in the forest bordering the lake at Entebbe, 
and was caught in considerable numbers by the Soudanese 
and Swahilis. It is also found in the Mabera forest. It is 
rarely found away from forest-belts, or thick bush bordering 
the same. During the construction of the railway between 
