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the white tips to the tail-feathers being very conspicuous. 
The call is a clear whistle, but not so loud as that of 
C. capensis; and like that species the bird will often call from 
the top of a low bush or clump of heather. 
The soft parts are :—-Irides greyish hazel; bill, upper 
mandible dusky horn-coloured, lower more or less livid; 
legs and toes whitish brown.] 
135. Macronyx capensis. 
GO. Knysna, Apl. (2) ; Plettenberg Bay, Feb., Mch. (5). 
[ “ Kalkoenje ” of Colonists. 
The Cape Long-Claw was only found in the Knysna; its 
place was taken in all the Eastern and Northern localities 
visited by the following species. It inhabits open grassy 
hill-sides, and is found both singly and in pairs. It is a great 
runner, and is fond of perching on the tops of ant-heaps and 
clods of earth. When flushed it rises with rapid beats of the 
wings and flies fairly straight, seldom, however, going far, 
and descending abruptly and sharply to the ground. The 
call, which is usually uttered when flying, and also when 
just rising, is a series of loud mewing whistles which might 
be described as “ Ziu,” “ Ziu.” 
I have found several nests, which always contained newly 
hatched young. They are cup-shaped, composed of grass, 
and placed on the ground under the shelter of an ant-heap or 
large tuft of grass. 
When breeding the adults are particularly tame, approach¬ 
ing within a few yards of the intruder. The food is 
principally of insects, varied with grass and other seeds. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel ; bill, upper mandible 
dark horn-brown, lower dark slate-coloured; legs and toes 
palish horn-coloured.] 
Macronyx capensis colletti. 
Schou, Ornith. Monatsber. xvi. 1908, p. 119 (Zululand). 
Z. Sibudeni, Oct., Nov. ; Dec. (11); Umfolosi Station, 
July (3); Tv, Wakkerstroom, Mch., Apl. (5); Zuurbron, 
May (1); Woodbush, Nov. (5) ; Turfloop, Mch. (2). 
The Orange-throated Long-Claws of Natal, Zululand, 
