8 INDICATORID^. 



Anteckn. p. 43 (1857) ; Cab. £r Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 6 (1862; ; 



Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, i. Cuculi, p. 2 (1864) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 



p. 242(1867) ; Gray,E:and-l. B. ii. p. 204, no. 8854; Heuyl. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 773, uote (1871) : Sluirjje, in Eoicleij's Oi-n. Misc. i. 



p. 199 (1876) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 795 ; id. ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 



pp. 167, 810 (1875-84) ; Fisch. ^ Reichen. J.f. O. 1879, p. 342 ; 



Fisch. J. f. O. 1885, p. 124 ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. 1885, 



p. 249. 

 Indicator maculicollis, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1850, p. 109. 

 Indicator levaiUantii (nee Teinm.), Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 100 (1850). 



Adult male. Forehead and anterior half of crown mottled, the 

 centres of the feathers being black, their sides buff, and the tip 

 olive ; nape and back of neck ashy olive : back and wings brown, 

 the feathers generally rather broadly edged with olive-yellow, and 

 with narrower partial buff edges to some of the wing- and tail- 

 coverts ; tail similarly marked with black and white as in /. in- 

 dicator, but the dark centre feathers narrowly edged with olive- 

 yeUow ; sides of the head ashy grey, slightly streaked with white ; 

 chin and upper throat white, with dusky grey shafts ; lower 

 throat and fore part of chest dusky grey, with broad buff margins 

 to the feathers, giving a spotted appearance : remainder of the 

 breast buil, fading almost into white on the under tail-coverts : 

 feathers of the sides of body, thigh-coverts, and under tail-coverts 

 with rather broad dusky shaft-stripes ; under wing-coverts white, 

 partially mottled with dusky near the edge of the wing ; under 

 surface of the quills brown, with whitish inner edges : " upper 

 mandible horny brown, lower one pale; iris greyish brown" 

 (Fischer). Total length 7-3 inches, culmen 0-55. wing 4-5, tail 3'4, 

 tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. South Africa, extending into East Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. South Afiica. Sharpe Coll. 



b. cJad.sk. 'Kajma,, Jan. (C. J. Andej-sscm). Shai-pe Coll. 



c. Ad. £k. Geov^e {T. C. Atmore). Shai-pe Coll. 



d. c? ad. sk. Beaufort (T. C. Atmore). Shelley Coll. 



e. Ad.sk. Usumbarallills, PanganiEiver Shelley Coll. 



(Sir J. Kirk). 

 /•. Ad. sk. Momhasa, (Wakefeld). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Subsp. o. Indicator stictithorax. 



Indicator stictithorax, Reichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 110, no. 3. 

 Indicator variegatus, Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 6 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 

 1881, p. 693. 



Adidt female. Differs from /. variegattis in being brighter, the 

 yellowish-olive edges to the feathers of the back and wings broader 

 and brighter, and the breast slightly yellower : " bill black ; iris 

 hazel ; feet plumbeous " (ScJduss). Total length 7 inches, culmen 

 0'55, wing 4, tail 2-7, tai'sus 0"65. 



Hab. Cameroons, West Africa. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Cameroon Mountains, 7000 H. H. .lobii.''ton, Esq. [P.]. 

 feet. 



