. — 84 — 



was rather common. Generally it dwelt in the highest tree-tops 

 in the depths of the forests, where it was often difficult to discover. 

 Both the two young hirds (gTcT) have dark olive -green 

 backs and yellow under-surface. One of them is only pale yellow 

 on the throat, while the other is a bright and beautiful yellow. 

 Irides brown; bill blackish; legs dark-grey. 



Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



109, 110 mm. 17.5, 16 mm. 14, 14 mm. 



In the two mature males the back is dark- greyish brown, 

 the throat black and the rest of the under-surface of the body, 

 grey. Both of them have a yellow spot on the shoulder. The 

 bill is greyish brown-dark grey with a lighter tips, irides brown. 

 In the male from the 28. 5. the testes were swollen and large. 

 Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



109, 115 mm. 16, 17 mm. 14, 17 mm. 



The female has the sides of the back light greyish brown, 

 grey chin and the whole under-surface grey. 



Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



114 mm. 16 mm. 13 mm. 



' Irides yellow; bill dark greyish brown; legs dark-grey. In 

 the stomachs of these birds I found gravel, pebbles and the 

 remains of insects. 



When I asked the Kaniba negroes whether these so-called 

 Honey Guides used to mark the spots where there was honey, 

 they replied that, on the contrary, they guided them to where 

 there was no honey at all. 



Indicator variegatus variegatus Less. — Rchw. II. p. 108. 

 1 (5 ad. 2. 7.; 1 2 ad. 30. 5. Mount Elgon 7.000 feet. 



Only twice did I see this bird on Elgon and it appeared 

 in the same localities as 1. indicator. 



Wing, total length in flesh, tarsus, culmen, 

 109 ram. 182 mm. 17 mm. 13 mm. cT. 



105 mm. 170 mm. 16 mm. 11.5 mm. 9- 



Z e d I i t z has (Journ. f. Orn. 1915, p. 8 — 10) made a close 

 study of this "form-circle" and all its forms and with reference 

 to the form cited here, he characterises cT in the following 

 manner: "typical variegatus cf differs from 9 by a more diffused 

 and darker spotting on the under-surface". The male specimen 

 before me also has dark spots along the flanks, which the female 

 has not. 



Irides brownish grey — greyish green ; bill dark greyish brown 

 and upper mandible lighter at the base; legs greyish green. 



In other respects the different sexes are distinguished from 

 one another, the female — as appears from the measurements — 



