U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



BULLETIN 208 PLATE 1 



Structure of Nestling Greater Honey-Guide 

 Lpper: Photomicrograph of section of maxillary hook of 2-day-old bird. Lower: heel 

 (left) of nestling almost ready to leave the nest, showing small naillike scales of rather 

 swollen tarsometatarsus and bill (right) of nestling almost ready to leave nest (photos 

 from Albany Museum, Grahamstown). 



