1917-] Birds from British East. Africa. 373 



Macronyx croceus. 



Alauda crocea Vieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. i. 1816, p. 365. 



Macronyx croceus Shell ey, B. Afr. iii. 1902, p. 4. 



? . Nairobi. 22nd August. Wing 94 mm. 



? . Ithanga Hills. 29th August. ,, 95 mm. 



(J. Thika. 30th August. „ 91mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark ; legs light brown. 

 The Yellow Long-claw was common in short grass, but 

 was not seen in the desert country. 



Motacilla vidua. 



Motacilla vidua Sundev. CEiiv. Vet.-Akad. Fcirh. 1850, 

 p. 128 [N.E. Africa] ; Shelley. B. Afr. ii. 1900, p. 268. 



S. TsHA'o. 17th August. Wing 94 mm. 

 ? . Thika. 27th August. „ 92 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



Seen in any suitable places. 



There w^as another and smaller Wagtail at Thika, living 

 on the stones in fast streams. 1 shot one or two, but they 

 were carried away by the current. It was probably M. longi- 

 cauda. 



Anthothreptes collaris zambesiana. 



Anthodioita zambesiana Shelley, Monog. Nectar. 1876, 

 p. 343, pi. iii. fig. 3 [Zambesi]. 



Anthreptes collaris hypodilus Keichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1905, 

 p. 443 [part.]. 



2 c? . Tsavo River. 13th August. Wing 55, 53 mm. 

 ? . Thika. 27th August. „ 53 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



In ' The Ibis,' 1908, p. 286, Ogilvie-Grant points out the 

 distinctness of this bird from the western A. hypodila^ 

 though both Shelley and Reichenow put them together. 



Anthothreptes longmari orientalis. 



Anthreptes orientalis Hartl. J. f. O. 1880, p. 213 [LadoJ. 



Anthreptes longmari orientalis Zedlitz, J.f. O. 1916, p. 73. 



$ . Tsavo River. 13th August. Wing 65 mm. 



$ imm. „ 18th August. „ 63 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



