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Umfolosi Station, Zulu Land, June- Aug. (67rwc?6' Grant, 

 Mus. Brit.). Santa Lucia Lake (Woodward, Ibis., 1900, 

 p. 524). Matabele Land. Fantamatenka ^. {Brads kazu : 

 Shelley " B. xAfrica," vol. 3, p. 12). Zambesia ; Chicovva, 

 Zambesi R. (Boyd Alexander, Ibis, 1899, P- 5^3 (^■^^- ^^• 

 wintoui)). 



9. Macronyx wintoni. 



Macronyx ivintoni, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 444, 5S9 : Jackson, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 630 : Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 325 

 (1904). Macronyx ameliae, Shelley, " B. Africa," vol. 3, 

 p. 12 (1902). 



Hab. Equatorial Africa. Found in three places only — 

 in the Rift Valley in the vicinity of Lake Naivasha, the 

 eastern side of the Guashangishu plateau, and in the 

 Nyando Valley in the vicinity of Kitotos (Jackson, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 103). West shores of Manjara Lake, Nov. 28, 

 1893: Mgogo, N. of Manjara Lake, Dec. 6, 1893. 

 Kossowa, March 3, 1894, Kavirondo, Oct. : Kvva Kissero, 

 Mori Bay, Nguruman {Neumann : Reichen., " Vog. 

 Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 325, 1904). 



MacroJiyx zvintoni is a small race of jM. amcliae, and, 

 according to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, differs from the latter 

 in its lesser size and smaller bill. Shelley unites it to 

 M. amcliae, but I think the constantly smaller size is a 

 sufficiently good character for its separation. 



