THE HONEY-GUIDES 85 



Indicator maculatus stictithorax: " Cameroon (Mount Cameroon, 

 Efulen, Bitye, River Ja, Yabassi, Kribi, Old Port Cameroon, Kup6 

 Momitain), Spanish Guinea (Alen, Afdn Ot6ng Nguing near N'Kou- 

 madjap), and Gaboon (Oyem, Kango, Ogowe River), across the forested 

 area of the Belgian Congo (Loemma River on Loanga Coast, Gudema, 

 Ira River, Beni, Ukaika, Simbo, Kamituga, Angumu, Lutunguru, 

 Ngumba, Mab6ya, Ikela, lyonda, Gamangui, upper Kibali River) 

 to extreme western Uganda (Bwamba forest). This race differs from 

 the nominate one in being more yello\vish on the abdomen; the light 

 pectoral spots are more distinct, and the crown is somewhat paler, 

 the cheeks and malar region streaked with yellowish. The two races 

 are alike in size. 



Our knowledge of the Hfe history of the spotted honey-guide is 

 very meager indeed, as may be seen from the following compilation 

 of the available data. I have had no personal experience with this 

 bird in life. 



Breeding Season 



Indications of breeding season are given by the following recorded 

 data. 



Sierra Leone: Near Bintumane Peak, March 7, male with en- 

 larged testes collected. 



Spanish Guinea: N'Koumadjap, early January, egg collected. 



Cameroons: Kupe Mountain, November 19, female with enlarged 

 ovary collected. 



Uganda: Mongira, Bwamba Forest, March 22, male in full breeding 

 condition collected. 



Eggs and Egg Laying 



Only a single egg attributed to the spotted honey-guide is known. 

 The circumstances attendant on it are as foUows. Early in January 

 1952 Jorge Sabater trapped a female spotted honey-guide and when 

 he went to inspect the bird he found a fresh, unbroken, pure white 

 egg just below the trap. He had not actually seen the bird lay the 

 egg, but felt that there was no reason for doubting that the bird in the 

 trap was the individual that had laid it. Dr. J. P. Chapin, to whom 

 Sabater sent both the egg and the pickled corpse of the bird, informs 

 me that the egg measiu-es 21.6 by 17.7 mm. These dimensions agree 

 weU with the known eggs of the closely related Indicator variegatus, 

 and this agreement strengthens the vahdity of the identification. 

 The exact locality of Sabater's specimen is a forest patch called Afdn 

 Ot6ng Nguing, near N'Koumadjap, Spanish Guinea. Another female, 



" Indicator stictithorax Reichenow, Jo urn. Ornith., vol. 25, p. 110, 1877. (Cam- 

 eroons.) 



