. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PHASIANIDa; NUMIDA 231 numerous wild Guinea-fowls brought into the Pretoria market for sale an individual with white quills though without the charac- teristic white breast. 664. Numida papillosa. Damaraland Guinea-fowl. Numida cornuta (nee Finsch d Hartl.) Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 238 (1872); Grant, Cat. xxii, p. 378 (1893); id. Game Birds ii, p. 92 (1897). Numida ooronata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 581 (1884) [in part]. Numida papillosa, Beichenow, Orn. Monatsh. 1894, p. 145; Fleck, Journ. Ornith. 1894, pp. 389, 390 [with col. fi


. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PHASIANIDa; NUMIDA 231 numerous wild Guinea-fowls brought into the Pretoria market for sale an individual with white quills though without the charac- teristic white breast. 664. Numida papillosa. Damaraland Guinea-fowl. Numida cornuta (nee Finsch d Hartl.) Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 238 (1872); Grant, Cat. xxii, p. 378 (1893); id. Game Birds ii, p. 92 (1897). Numida ooronata, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 581 (1884) [in part]. Numida papillosa, Beichenow, Orn. Monatsh. 1894, p. 145; Fleck, Journ. Ornith. 1894, pp. 389, 390 [with col. fig. of head]; Neumann, Orn. Monatsb., vi, p. 20 (1898) ; Beichenow, Vbg. Afr. 1, p. 444, fig. 7, on p. 436 (1901).. Fig. 70.—Head of Numida papillosa. x \\ Description.—Eesembling N. coronata but with the bony helmet more elevated, almost cylindrical and not flattened. Iris dark. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter


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