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Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall on 
188. (Ena capensis. (Namaqua Dove.) 
This beautiful little Dove is comparatively scarce in 
Mashonaland, and I rather doubt whether it is resident. 
189. Francolinus coqui. (Coqui Francolin.) 
Common everywhere, but preferring the mosasa-bush, 
wherein the grass grows fairly short. It sits wonderfully 
close, and, when feeding towards sundown, will permit one to 
approach within a few yards without evincing much alarm. 
In addition to seeds, the stomachs contained beetles, coccidse, 
and ants. 
190. Francolinus shelleyi. (Shelley^s Francolin.) 
Almost as common as the Coqui, but frequenting rather 
different stations, being more partial to broken hillsides 
covered with long grass. 
191. Pternistes nudicollis. (Red-necked Francolin.) 
The so-called f< Pheasant ” is common, but found only 
among the dense undergrowth along the banks of streams 
and rivers, from which it is often difficult to dislodge it. It 
has a singularly loud and harsh cackling call, uttered in the 
early morning and evening. 
192. Pternistes swainsoni. (Swainson’s Francolin.) 
I have seen this species only in the extreme south of our 
limits. It was very plentiful on the Limpopo, and occurred 
also on the Nuanetsi and Lundi, but I saw no more after 
ascending the plateau at Narka Pass, near Victoria. 
193. Coturnix capensis. (Cape Quail.) 
Very abundant in some seasons, though its movements 
are most erratic. This year there have been very few 
examples about. 
194 Numida coronata. (Crowned Guinea-fowl.) 
This wide-ranging bird is very abundant, and occurs in 
every description of country, though it is most numerous along 
the larger rivers, where troops of several hundreds may be 
met with. In the crop of a bird shot by Mr. Swynnerton I 
found many beetles, which had been swallowed whole with¬ 
out any damage. 
