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MACRONYX AURANTIIGULA. 



remark that its large size appears to me to be the character 

 which most readily distinguishes it from M. croceus. The wing 

 is stated to vary from 4'2 inches to 4'4, a difference which 

 is probably sexual ; but this wing measurement is quite a 

 quarter of an inch longer than that of any specimen of 

 M. croceus 1 have yet examined. 



Macronyx aurantiigula. 



Macronyx aurautiigula, Eeichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 222 Pangani R. ; 



id. Vog. D. 0. Afr. p. 199 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 172 



(1896). 

 Macroynx croceus (nee Vieill.) Fisch. Zeitschr. 1881, p. 308 (fide 



Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1892, p. 52). 



Type. Similar to J/, croceus, but with the throat more orange yellow ; 

 middle of the abdomen yellowish ; remainder of the under surface of the 

 body, the thighs and under tail-coverts pale brown with dusky streaks ; 

 eyebrow brownish, with the portion in front of the eye orange ; four outer 

 pairs of tail-feathers with white ends to the inner webs. Total length 72 

 inches, wing 3-55, tarsus 1-2. 



The Pangani Orange-throated Long-claw inhabits the 

 country to the north of the Pangani river. 



The type is recorded as coming from the Pangani, and 

 Dr. Richenow informs us that the M. croceus of Fischer from 

 the Maeru mountains and Mauriii, belong to this species. 

 I have not seen an authentic specimen ; but judging from 

 the original description this bird appears to be very nearly 

 allied to M. fiavicoUis, from which it differs in having some 

 yellow on the abdomen. 



Fischer found a nest of this species on the Maeru 

 mountains, July 24. It was placed under a tuft of grass 

 and was constructed of that material. The eggs were of 

 a chalky white thickly streaked with ashy yellowish brown 

 and mottled with scattered rufous brown blotches ; 0*9 x 

 0"65 inch. 



