U. S NATIONAL MUSEUM 



BULLETIN 208 PLATE 5 



Photo by Ranger 



LEi5i)ER HONEV-GUIDE 



Upper: 3- or 4-day-old nestling, showing bill hooks and heel pads. Lower: 2-da}'-old 

 nestling with newly hatched black-collared barbet, from same nest, showing skin lacer- 

 ations on back caused by honey-guide's bill hooks; note relative plumpness of honey- 

 guide and thinness of barbet. 



