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GAME-BIRDS. 
bristles at the base of the upper mandible. The left-hand figure of our illustration 
on p. 433 represents the crested guinea-fowl (Guttera cristata), one of four species 
belonging to a group characterised by having a well-developed crest of black feathers, 
the general colour of the plumage being black spotted with pale blue, and the first 
four or five secondary quills margined with white, thus producing a white band 
along the wing 
when closed. The 
present species is 
further character¬ 
ised by the uniform 
black collar cover¬ 
ing the upper part 
of the chest, and 
by the naked skin 
of the head and 
neck being cobalt- 
blue, except on the 
chin and throat, 
which are red. 
This is another 
West African form, 
ranging from 
Sierra Leone to 
the Gold Coast, its 
habits being very 
similar to those 
of the common 
cminea-fowl. Al- 
o 
lied forms of both 
these genera are 
found in both 
Southern and 
Eastern Africa, but 
need no special 
mention. 
Vulture-like The 
Guinea-Fowl, y u 1- 
VULTURE-LIKE GUINEA-FOWL PERCHING. 
(From Sclater, List of Animals in Zoological Gardens.) 
ture-like 
guinea- 
fowl (Acryllium 
vulturinum) is a native of Eastern Africa, possibly ranging into West Africa. 
The head and upper half of the neck are naked, and covered with cobalt-blue skin, 
with the exception of a horse-shoe-shaped band of velvety reddish brown feathers 
round the nape. The feathers of the neck, chest and mantle are developed into long 
black pointed hackles, with white shaft-stripes and cobalt margins; the rest of the 
upper-parts being black, minutely dotted all over with white, and covered with 
small round black-edged spots; the sides and flanks are also similarly marked, but 
