173. PTEROCLES BICINCTUS, Temm.: Layard, _t. c._ p. 278. Double-banded Sand-Grouse. _a._ ♂ Makalapsi River, August 6, 1873. Iris hazel; skin round eye yellow; bill very dark; corners of mouth and base of lower mandible yellow; legs and feet dusky yellow; claws dark dusky brownish lake. _b._ ♂ Makalapsi River, August 8, 1873. Iris hazel; skin round eye bright yellow; upper mandible deep lake, under one orange; legs and feet dull yellow; claws dusky lake. Crop very full of small pebbles; a few seeds in it. _c._ ♂, _d._ ♀ Motloutsi River, August 1873. Iris hazel. Family PERDICIDÆ. 174. TURNIX LEPURANA, Smith: Layard, _t. c._ p. 275. Kurrichaine Hemipode. _a._ Not labelled. 175. FRANCOLINUS AFER, Temm.: Layard, _t. c._ p. 270. Grey-winged Francolin. _a, b._ ♂ Retief’s Drift, Vaal River, June 11, 1873. Iris hazel. 176. FRANCOLINUS NATALENSIS, Smith: Layard, _t. c._ p. 273. Natal Francolin. _a._ ♀ Makalapsi River, August 7, 1873. Iris hazel; bill dusky; tip and lower mandible pale orange; legs, feet, and claws palish orange. 177. FRANCOLINUS PILEATUS, Smith: Layard, _t. c._ p. 272. Pileated Francolin. _a._ ♂, _b._ ♀ Lion Camp, Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris hazel; legs red. _c._ ♂ Gokwe River, October 16, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 178. COTURNIX DACTYLISONANS, Temm.: Layard, _t. c._ p. 274. Common Quail. _a._ ♂ High Veldt, Transvaal, December 1873. Iris hazel. 179. COTURNIX DELEGORGUEI, Delegorgue: _C. histrionica_, Hartl.: Layard, _t. c._ p. 275. Harlequin Quail. _a._ Gubuleweyo, December 26, 1873. Native name “Seguatha.” Iris rich brown; bill black; legs pale flesh-colour. Does not lie well to a dog, but runs rapidly, and at last rises. _b._ ♂, _c._ ♀ Gubuleweyo, January 3, 1874. Iris rich brown; bill black; legs and feet salmon-colour. Order GRALLÆ. Family RALLIDÆ. 180. PARRA CAPENSIS, Smith: Gurney in Anderss. _B. Dam. Ld._, p. 330. Lesser African Jacana. _a._ Not labelled. 181. PORPHYRIS ALLENI, Thoms.: Gurney, _t. c._ p. 327. Allen’s Blue Water-hen. _a._ Not labelled. 182. FULICA CRISTATA (Gm.): Gurney, _t. c._ p. 327. Rufous-knobbed Coot. _a._ Transvaal, 1873. 183. GALLINULA ANGULATA, Sund.: Gurney, _t. c._ p. 321. South African Moor-hen. _a._ ♂ Dry River; killed by the boys with sticks, February 27, 1874. Iris crimson; a narrow circle of tawny yellow within the iris, near the outside; bill crimson and yellow; legs greenish yellow. Vegetable matter in stomach. _b._ ♀ Tibakai’s Vlei, December 19, 1874. Iris pale crimson; bill yellow, scarlet stripe on top of upper mandible, under one tipped with scarlet; legs pale yellowish brown; thighs pale yellow, tinged with brown. Gravel and vegetable matter in stomach. 184. ORTYGOMETRA EGREGIA (Peters): Finsch and Hartl., _Vög. Ost-Afr._, p. 778. Peters’s Crake.