INDICATORlDiE. l^" 



583. Skull of male. From the Alps. Purchased. 



584. Sternum, with shouiacr-girdlo. S. S. ia03. Purchased. 



585. Skeleton (incomplete). 0. C. 1475 A. [Sternum exhibited 



in separate series.] Purchased. 



Family INUICATORlDyE *. 



\_Cf. Seebohm,f. c. p. 6.] 



A. Palate jBgithognatlious. 



B. Ventral feather-tract forked on the throat, but not on each 



side of the breast. 



C. Vomer bifid. 



D. Femoro-caudal and accessory semitendinosns muscles present; 



ambiens and femoro-caudal absent. 



E. Ventral feather-tract forked on the throat and on each side 



of the breast. 



F. Oil-gland tufted. 



G. Cseca none. 



H. Trachea at its lower end consolidating into a bony box, 

 formed by the fusion of the lowermost rings. To the en- 

 larged uppermost bronchial half-rings the single slender 

 intrinsic muscle of each side fans out to be attached at its 

 middle. 



Genus INDICATOR t. 



Vieillot, Analyse, p. 28 (1816). 



Indicator minor. 



Indicator minor, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 140 (1815) ; Shelley, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 9 (1891). 



The Little Honey-Guide. 



Hah. Tropical Africa. 



586. Skeleton (somewhat damaged). From South Africa [E. 

 L.Layard). 0.(M476e. 



Presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.E.S. 



* Of. Garrod, V. Z. S. 1878, p. 930. 



t Cf. Stoliczka, Str. F. i. p. 5l'9 (1873) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 25. 



