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Title: Ibis
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: British Ornithologists' Union
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: (London) Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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byssinia, 18 April, 1899. (No. 483.)(Type of the species.) Though allied to F. schuelti Cab. this species appears to bequite distinct. It ditlers chiefly in having the dark middlesto the feathers of the nape, interscapular region, and wing-coverts but faintly indicated, and the chest and breast nearlyuniform greyish brown. Iris brown ; bill dull orange-red ;legs and feet orange-red. Total length 125 inches, culmen105, wing 65, tail 265, tarsus I65. (This new Francolin, which was met with only nearMendi, was found in coveys among the bamboo-jungle.The flight is very strong.—L.) 301. Francolinus erckeli. Francolinus erckdi Riipp. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii.pp. 172 & 559 (1893). a. ^. Damai Damash, Abyssinia, 23 February, 1899.(No. 371.) Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull yellow. (A darker Francolin was seen the day this bird was shot,but not secured.—L.) 302, NUMIDA ptilorhyncha. Numida ptilorhyncha Licht. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus.xxii. p. 379 (1893). /^ Ybz s.ldCO.FlV.
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■J G K-euie-maivs cte.l. et .litL. ^ FRANCOLINUS TETRAONINUS. M:ntern Bro s .ixj-ro On Birds from the New Hebrides. 337 Head only. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 19 January, 1899.(No. 232.) Iris brown ; bill brown ; top of the head yellow-brown ;sides of the face and throat bright light blue ; legs black.Total length (measured in the flesh) 225 inches. XVII.—On a Collection of Birds made hy Captain A. M.Farquhar, R.N., in the New Hebrides. By R. BowdlerSharpe, LL.D., &c. (Plate VII.) The collection here described has been presented to theBritish Museum by Captain A. M. Farquhar of H.M.S. Wallaroo, and as he visited many islands in which verylittle collecting had previously been done, he obtained someinteresting and beautiful new birds. He writes to me on the 9th of October, 1899:— I havebeen in these parts from May till now, and have got togetherspecimens of some forty different species of birds. I lost fewopportunities of trying to add to the collection, and I hopemy efforts may

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