1. INDICATOR. 



(IK Above Lrigliter ; crown washed witli 

 goldeu yellow like the back ; thigh - 



coverts striped with black conirostris, p. 10. 



d'". Smaller, wing about 2-5 inches exilis,^. 11. 



1. Indicator xanthonotus. 



Indicator xauthonotus, Blyth, J. A. S. Benq. xi. p. 928 (1842), xii. 

 p. 942, fig. C (1843), xiv. p. 193 (1845) ;* Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 451 

 (1847); Jerd. Bl. Ind. B. pi. 50 (1847) ; Bj). Consp. Av. i. p. 100 

 (1850) ; Cab. S)- Heine, Mm. Rein. iv. p. 5, note (1862) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 205, no. 8861 (1870) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 10 ; 

 Stoliczka, Str. F. i. p. 529 (1873) ; Sharpe in Roioley's Orn. Misc. 

 i. p. 205 (1876) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 795 ; Gould, B. Asia, vi. 

 pi. 48 (1883). 



Indicator radcliffii, Hume, Ibis, 1872, p. 10. 



Pseudofringilla xanthonotus. Same, Str. F. i. p. 314 (1873). 



Pseudospiza xanthonota, Sharpe hi Roioley^s Orn. Misc. i. p. 207 

 (1876). 



Adult male. General plumage above black ; forehead and fore 

 part of crown bright golden yellow ; remainder of the crown, sides 

 of the head, and sides and back of the neck washed with olive ; 

 feathers of the mantle and the wing-coverts partiallj' edged with 

 pale yellow, the quills with similar, but more indistinct margins ; 

 the inner webs of the innermost secondaries with broad white 

 edges ; middle of the back sulphur-yellow, shading into orange- 

 yellow down the centre of the lower back, a few of the centre tail- 

 coverts with partial yellow edges ; tail black, with the small outer 

 feather dusky white ; underparts ashy grey, with a bright yellow 

 patch extending over the lores and sides of the upper throat ; re- 

 mainder of the throat faintly washed with yellow ; feathers of the 

 breast mesially blackish, giving a mottled appearance to these parts, 

 the black almost covering the feathers of the flanks, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts white, slightly mottled with 

 black, and washed with buff at the edge of the wing ; under surface 

 of the quills brown, with a partial pale margin on the inner webs. 

 Total length 6-6 inches, culmen 0'35, wing 3" 7, tail 2' 7, tarsus 

 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male, but sLghtly 

 duller. Total length o'o inches, culmen U'35, wing o"2 tail '2-'2, 

 tarsus 0*5. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains. 



a-d. cJ; e,f. J Native SikMm, Oct., Dec, Feb., March, Hume Coll. 



ad. sk. April (Z. MandeUi). 



y. Ad. sk. Sikhim. Hume ColL 



h. Ad. sk. Kala Bagh, June. Hume Coll. 



