12 EAST AFRICA AND UGANDA FRANCOLINS 
white ; cheeks, sides of neck and lower throat white with 
triangular chestnut spots ; chest buff with narrower triangular 
chestnut spots ; rest of the underparts huff, finely shaded and 
pencilled with greyish black except on the middle of the 
abdomen and vent ; upper back, scapulars and wing-coverts 
chestnut fading into grey-brown in the middle of each feather, 
and with a wide shaft-stripe of pale buff. Primaries and 
secondaries brown ; rump, lower back and upper tail-coverts 
grey-brown ; tail dark brown. Iris brown ; bill brownish 
black ; feet rosy red. 
Length 18 inches, wing 5*5 inches, tail 8 # 5 inches, tarsus 
1*7 inches. 
Female . — Length 12J inches, wing 5*8 inches, tail 8 inches, 
tarsus 1*5 inches. 
FRANCOLINUS KIRKI 
Francolinus kirki, Hartlaub. 
‘ Ogilvie-Grant’s Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.,’ Vol. XXII, page 149. 
* Sharpe’s Hand-List,’ Vol. I, page 23. ‘ Shelley’s Birds of 
Africa,’ Vol. I, page 180. ‘ Reichenow’s Vogel Afrikas,’ Vol. I, 
page 497. 
An example of this Francolin was obtained by Dr. Ansorge 
in the Taru Wilderness, and this is, so far, the only authentic 
record of its having been obtained in British East Africa. 
It might very easily be mistaken for F. granti, from w T hieh 
it differs in having a dark chestnut oblong spot at the end of 
the shaft on the feathers of the breast and abdomen. 
FRANCOLINUS ULUENSIS 
Francolinus uluensis, Ogilvie-Grant. 
‘ Ogilvie-Grant’s Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.,’ Vol. XXII, page 151. 
‘ Sharpe’s Hand-List,’ Vol. I, page 24. ‘ Shelley’s Birds of 
Africa,’ Vol. I, page 180. ‘ Reichenow’s Vogel Afrikas,’ Vol. I, 
page 487. 
The Ulu Francolin was first described from specimens 
obtained by myself at Machakos in February 1889. It is 
found in the Rift Valley from Kilimanjaro to Kijabe, which 
is, I believe, about the limit of its northern range. To the 
east it extends as far as the Yalta Escarpment, but its western 
range is as yet unknown. 
