2. PROUOTISCUS. 11 



9. Indicator exilis. 



Melignothes exilis, Cass. Proc.Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1856, p. 157, 18."9, 

 p. U2, pi. i. fig. 1 ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1801, p. 264. 



Indicator exilis, Ilartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 185 (1857) ; Cab. Sf Heine, 

 Mus. Hein. iv. p. 4, note (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 205, 

 1)0. 8862 (1870); Sharpe in Rowley's Orn. Misc. i. p. 198 (1876); 

 id. S,- Bouvier, BuU. Soc. Zoo/. France, i. p. 51 (1876) ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 794, 795 ; Bocaye, Orn. Amjola, p. 542 (1881). 



Melignostes exilis, Heine, J. f. O. 1800, p. 192. 



Adult female. Similar to /. minor, but much smaller ; crown and 

 chin slightly mottled with darker centres to the feathers ; the white 

 patch near the nostril scarcely so distinct; the dark shaft-stripes 

 on the thigh-coverts more distinct. Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 

 0-3, wing 2-75, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-4. 



Hab. West Africa, from Gaboon to the Congo. 



a. Ad. sk. Gamma River. P. B. DuChaillu [0.]. 



b. $ ad. sk. Landana, Congo, March (Petit). Shelley Coll. 



2. PRODOTISCUS. 



Type. 

 Prodotiscus, Sundev. CEfvers. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1850, p. 109. P. regulus. 

 Hetffirodes, Cass. Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1856, p. 157... P. insignis. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Brown, with no olive or yellow shade ; with only a 



portion of the outer tail-feathers white regulus, p. 11. 



b. Mure olive ; quills and upper tail-coverts edged with 



bright yellow ; three outer pairs of tail-feathers en- 

 tirely white insiynis, p. 12. 



1. Prodotiscus regulus. 



Prodotiscus regulus, Sundev. CEfvers. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1850, p. 109 ; 

 Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 186 (1857) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. 



p. 542 (1881). 

 Indicator regains, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 78 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. ii. p. 205, no. 8863 (1870). 



Adult female. General plumage above uniform brown ; tail 

 blackish brown, with a largo basal portion of the outer three 

 feathers on each side white : underparts white, strongly washed 

 with pale brown on the throat and Hanks ; under wing-coverts 

 white, slightly washed with brown ; under surface of the quills 



