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SPUR-FOWL 
Strictly speaking, the name “ Spur-Fowl ” is applicable only 
to an Indian genus, that of Galloperdix. It has, however, been 
adopted in East Africa for these bare-throated Francolins. 
9. Cabanis’ bare-throated Spur-Fowl— Pternistes infuscatus. In 
thick bush at Sultan Hamud, Makindu, Voi, etc. A big 
bird, and noisy. Male has double spurs. 
10. Humboldt’s Spur-Fowl— P. humboldti. On Tana. 
Quails 
Three species are found—• 
1. European Quail— Coturnix communis. Scarce. 
2. Harlequin Quail— C. delegorguei. Under-parts ruddy chest¬ 
nut ; throat black. Abundant. 
3. Kurrichaine Button-Quail— Turnix lepurana. On lower 
levels, as at Simba, Baringo, etc. Abundant. 
Guinea-Fowl 
Four species are found, to wit— 
1. Reichenow’s Large Helmeted Guinea-Fowl— Numida reich- 
enowi. This is the common kind. The huge bony crest 
or “ helmet ” stands vertically upright, as sketched on p. 16. 
Bare skin of face blue, wattles bright red. 
2. Abyssinian Helmeted Guinea-Fowl— N. ptilorhyncha. From 
Baringo northwards. Abounds in packs of from 50 to 100 
and upwards in the thorny bush on hillsides and on the 
scrubby plains. All these birds roost gregariously in trees, 
and at sundown, preparatory to “ treeing,” awake the echoes 
with their cackling. A bunch of grey bristles at gape ; 
helmet horn colour. Both the bare skin of face and neck 
as well as the wattles are blue. 
3. Curly-crested Guinea-Fowl— Gutter a pucherani. The helmet 
is replaced by a tuft of curly feathers on crown. The 
naked skin of head is blue, except the throat, which is 
red. Frequents wooded riversides in the lower country. 
4. Vulturine Guinea-Fowl— Acryllium vulturinum. This 
splendid bird has a bright blue breast and shoulders, the 
neck-hackles long and plume-like, with bold white shaft- 
streaks, and a long tail like a hen-pheasant. The naked 
parts are lead-blue, with a collar of dark-chestnut hair-like 
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