_Aepyornis modestus_ Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5)
XII, p. 189 (1869).
Messrs. Milne-Edwards & Grandidier state at pages 180-181 that the bone (a
portion of a femur) which is the type of the above name, had a
shaft-circumference of 120 mm., while in _Ae. medius_ this circumference
was 215 mm., and in _Ae. grandidieri_ (= _maximus_ auct. nec. Geoffroy), it
was 270 mm.
Type locality: Amboulitsate, in West Madagascar.
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