INDIOAiORlU^. 



2. Indicator arcMpelagicus. 



ludicator archipelagic us, Temm. PL Col. 543. fig. 2 (1832) ; id. Tabl. 

 Meth. p. 51 (1S38) ; S. MillL Verhandel. Land- en Volkenk. p. 234 

 (1839-44); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 451 (1847) ; Loiv, Sarawak,^. 411 

 (1848) ; £p. Consp. i. p. 100 (1850) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. 

 p. 4, note (1862) ; Schlerj. Mus. P.-B. i. Cuculi, p. 2 (1864) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 205, no. 8860 (1870) ; Elioes, P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 680 ; Salmd. A?in. Mus. Civ. Gen. v. p. 61 (1874) ; Sharpe in 

 Rotcleys Orn. Misc. i. p. 197 (1876) ; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 8 ; id. P. 

 Z. S. 1878, pp. 794, 795 ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 244,1890, p. 9; IJverett, 

 Journ. Straits Branch K. Asiat. Soc. 1889, p. 169. 



Indicator malayanus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 794, 795. 



Adidt male. General colour above ashy brown washed with olive, 

 with yellowish edges to all the feathers of the back and wings, 

 these edges inclining to yellowish buff on some of the feathers of 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, to which they give a streaked 

 appearance ; a broad yellow band on the shoulder formed by 

 the inner lesser wing-coverts sulphur-yellow ; tail-feathers dark 

 brown, partially edged with olive, the three outer pairs of feathers 

 with a large white patch reaching entirely across the inner web, 

 the three centre pairs with only partial pale inner margins ; 

 sides of the face and ear-coverts dingy ash- colour, with a very 

 faint olive tinge ; under surface of the body white, inclining to 

 buff on the centre of the breast, abdomen, aud under tail-coverts, 

 and rather strongly shaded with olive-shaded ash-colour on the 

 lower throat aud chest ; feathers of the flanks and thigh-coverts 

 with broad brown shaft-stripes ; under wing-coverts creamy white ; 

 quills brown, with whitish inner margins. Total length 6-3 inches, 

 culmen 0"55, wing 3'8, tail 2-8, tarsus O'oo. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male : " upper mandible 

 and tip of lower mandible horny brown ; iris Indian red ; legs 

 leaden green " {A. Everett). Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-5, 

 wing 3'6, tail 2*6, tarsus 0'5. 



Immature (type of 1. malayanus). Similar to the adult, but differs 

 in having the upper parts shghtly more washed with yeUow, with a 

 mere trace of the yellow shoulder-spot : tail identical in colour ; 

 throat faintly striped ; lower throat and chest less ashy and slightly 

 washed with yellow. Total length 5'7 inches, cidmen 0-55, wing 

 3*9, tail 2-45, tarsus U-o5. 



Hah. Malayan Peninsula and Borneo. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Klang, Salangore, March Hume Coll. 



(W. Davison). 



b. Ad. sk. Malacca. Purchased. (Type of I. 



malayaniis.) 



c. 5 ad. sk. Biutulu, Sarawak. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.l. 



d. e,f. Ad.sk. Tvusan, Sarawak, Jan., Feb. A. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



