1. INDICATOR. 7 



Prodotes proditor, Nifz.<<c/i, Pteri/lof/rap/a'e, p. 131 (1840). 



Indicator proditor, Lichi. Nomencl. Av. p. 78 (1850). 



Indicator iucliipela'iicus (nee Temm.), Heuql. Sust. Uebers. p. 47 



(ISoG). 

 Indicator bariauns, Ueii(/l. Syst. Uehers. p. 48 (18oG) ; Hartl. Orn. W.- 



Afr. p. :.'74 (1857) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mtis. Hein. iv. p. 6, note (1862) ; 



lieuyl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 33, 1804, p. 265 ; Finsch, Trans. Z. S. rii. 



p. 287 (1870); id. S^ Hartl. Vor/. Ost-Afr. p. 518 (1870); Gray, 



Hancl-l. B. ii. p. 205, no. 8857 (1870); Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



ii. p. 771 (1871); Sharps in Rowleys Orn. Mine. i. p. 203, pi. upp. 



fig. (187G) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 705. 



Adult male. Similar to /. indicator, but with barely a trace of 

 j'ellow on the ■wing, and further differing in having no pale margins 

 to the ■wing-coverts, and some of the feathers of the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts entirely white, forming a patch of uniform white ; 

 chin and upper throat black, with some yellow on the base of the 

 feathers : chest partially washed with yellow. Total length 6-8 

 inches, culmeu 0-55, wing 4*3, tail 3'2, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Differs in having the bill darker : no trace of a 

 yellow patch on the wing ; the edges of the feathers of the crown, 

 mantle, and Avings washed with yellow ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and 

 sides of neck dark dusky brown ; chin, throat, and fore part of chest 

 washed with bright yellow : " bill black ; iris red ; bare skin round 

 the eyes leaden grey ; feet dusky" {Emin Pasha). Total length 7*3 

 inches, culmen O'oo, wing 4, tail 2*7, tarsus 0-65. 



Hab. The greater portion of Tropical Africa, excepting the forest- 

 region of the West Coast. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Senegambia. Old Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Casamance. Shai-pe CoU. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Bejook, Bogos-Land (Esler). Shai-pe Coll. 



f. 2 ad. sk. Wadelai, Equatorial Africa, Emin Pasha [P.]. 



Sept. 

 y. c? imm. sk. Teita, E. Africa, Aug. H. G. V. Hunter, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 /i. Ad. sk. Mombas ( Wakefield). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P-]- 



i, k, I, m. Ad. sk. Makalaka Country (Brad- Shelley Coll. 



sJtair). 



??. c^ ad. sk. Rust euberg, Jan. (ff^'.iweft.s). Shelley Coll. 



o. 5ad.sk. Limpopo River, Aug. (W. Shelley Coll. 



Lucas) . 



p. Ad. .*. Cape Colony (Butler). Shelley CoU. 



q. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sharpe Coll. 



5. Indicator variegatus. 



Grand Indieateiu-. femelle, Lexaill. Ois. Afr. v. p. 104, pi. 241. fig. 2, $ ; 



Sundcv. Krit. Framst. om Levaill. p. 50 (1857). 

 Indicator major, 5 , Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 139, pi. 27. fig. 2 ; &uer 



Icon. Reyne An., Ois. pi. 32. fig. 2 (1829-38). 

 Indicator variegatus, ipAV«. T/-rt«Ye, p. 155 (1831) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 451 (1847) ; Pucher. Rev. ct May. Zool. 1853, p. 71 ; GriU, Zool. 



