NUMIDA.
Guinea-fowl. Head and neck bare ; on the crown a blunt helmet, and at each angle of bill a wattle ; tail of 16 feathers; tail coverts nearly as long as the tail; no spur on tarsus; sexes alike ; young different from adults.
Numida sabyi Hartert.
Black with brown shade on upper parts and white ocelli, outer margins of inner primaries and secondaries with jagged white cross bars ; differs from domesticated Guinea-fowl (" N. meleagris") in lacking the vinous grey collar, in "sabyi" the ocellated feathers extend to the middle of the neck ; on occiput there is a bunch of antrorse feathers covering helmet from behind.
Bill red brown, horny white at tip. Bare skin round eye slaty ; helmet brown ; wattles red. Legs and feet dark brown. Wing 275. Tarsus 77 (H.).
Probably a resident in W. Morocco between rivers Bou Regreg and Sebou, but only one example obtained up to date.