12 MACRON YX AMELI.^. 



Begemeder, between 8,000 and 10,000 feet. According to 

 Dr. Blandford, " It was only seen on the highest parts of 

 the Dalanta plateau and near the crest of the Wandaj pass, 

 and was never observed below 10,000 feet. It was not 

 common, but occurred generally in pairs." 



Macronyx ameliae. 



Macrouyx ameliiE, de Tarr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 452 ; Heugl. Orn. N. O. 



Afr. p. 330 (1870); Sbarpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 628 (1885) Natal; 



Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 174 (1896); Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 240 



(1900). 

 Macronyx wintoni, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 444, 589 Kavirondo ; Neum. 



J. f. O. 1898, pp. 233, 235 ; Eeichen. Werth. Mittl. Hochl. nord. D. 



0. Afr. p. 279 (1898) Mnnyara lake ; Alexander, Ibis, 1899, p. 563 



Zamhesi ; Jackson, t. c. p. 630 Naiwasha. 



Adult. Crown, entire back, upper tail coverts and scapulars brownish 

 black, with buffy brown sides to the feathers, as in M. flacicollis ; wings 

 brownish black, the feathers mostly with butfy brown edges, but the outer web 

 of the first primary and the broad edges to many of the smaller wing-coverts 

 pure white, the latter forming a clear broad white band next to the median 

 series of coverts ; a few of the least coverts and the bend of the wing rosy red ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts white, washed with vermilion at the bend 

 of the wing ; under surface of the quills dusky ash, with ill-defined pale 

 inner margins ; tail brownish black with pale edges to the feathers, and 

 distinct white ends present on the three outer pairs of feathers ; sides of 

 head and neck pale rufous brown, slightly whiter on the broad eyebrow and 

 down the sides of the neck adjoining the black gorget ; chin and throat 

 uniform carmine red ; sides of body, thighs and under tail-coverts buffy 

 brown, strongly marked with black shaft-stripes, shades into bright carmine 

 towards the centre of the breast. Bill grey, shading into dark brown on the 

 tip and culmen ; iris brown ; tarsi and feet yellowish brown. Total length 

 7-4 to 8-3 inches, culmen 06, wing 3-4 to 3-7, tail 3, tarsus 1-25, middle toe 

 with claw 1-25, hind toe with claw 1-25. Umlaas E. (Gordge). Type of M. 

 wintoni. Exactly like the Natal specimens, with the exception of the bill 

 being slightly shorter. Culmen 0'5, wing 3-6. 



The Rosy-breasted Long-claw ranges over Eastern Africa 

 from Natal, probably into Abyssinia. 



During the month I passed at Durban I never saw this 

 species, nor was it known to my friend, Mr. T. L. Ayres, who 



