I have a few of the aswers you requested:
>An information on the name canidorsalis as a synonym for Scleroptila
shelleyi shelleyi.
Francolinus shelleyi canidorsalis Lawson. Durban Mus. Novit., vol. vii, 4,
1963; p. 77: Panda, Inhambane district, southern Mozambique.
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>Date and type locality for Francolins shelleyi sequestris Clancey,Durban
Mus.Novit.,6(2),p.13, a synonym for S.s.shelleyi
>
Durban Mus. Novit., vol. vi, 2, 1960, p. 13: Albert Falls, Umgeni R., near
Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
>Type locality for Francolinus cruzi
>Themido,1937,Compt.Rend.Internat.Congr.Zool.,12,p.1833.a synonym for
>Pternistis swierstrai.
Type locality: Hanha, provincia de Benguela, southern Angola.
>Publication and locality details for Francolinus afer loangwae Grant &
>Mackworth-Praed,1934, a synonym for Pternistis afer melanogaster.
Pternistis afer loangwae C. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, Bull. B.O.C. 55, p. 17,
1934: Petauke, east Loangwa district, south-eastern Northern Rhodesia. [=
present Zambia]
>Any information about Francolinus afer notatus a synonym for Pternistis
afer
>castaneiventer.
Pternistis castaneiventer notatus Roberts, Ann. Transv. Mus., vol. x, 3,
1924, p. 121: Knysna forests, southern Cape.
Hope this helps a little.
Regards,
Paul Van Gasse
Kruibeke, Belgium
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