from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 667 



175. Indicator indicator. 



Indicator sparmanni Stepb. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genov. xxi. p. 90 (1884). 



Indicator indicator (Grael.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xix. p. 5 (1891) ; Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 492. 



a. S • Roguecha, S. Abyssinia, 15tb Feb. No. 508. 



Iris brown ; bill pink ; legs black. 



[Single specimens of the Striped-winged Honey-guide 

 were often seen in the Hawash Valley ; on one occasion I 

 watched one drumming on a tree like a Woodpecker, and, 

 having shot it, I found the crop contained small insects, 

 such as ants, &c. — A. E. P.] 



176. Indicator major. 



Indicator major Steph. ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 

 p. 6 (1891) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 289. 



a. ? . Hojojo, S. Abyssinia, 15th Dec. No. 242. 



b. S' Bogra, S. Abj/ssinia, 1st Feb. No. 437. 



c. S- Walda, S. Abyssinia, 24th Feb. No. 563. 



Iris brown ; bill black or dark brown ; legs dark black or 

 slate-coloured. 



The Greater Honey-guide is represented in the present 

 collection by three fully adult birds. 



177. Prodotiscus peasii. (Plate XIII.) 

 Prodotiscus peasei Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 67 (1901). 

 a. S ■ Ounji, S. Abyssinia, 19th Feb. No. 540. [/^/^^e 



of the species.'] 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark grey. 



Adult male. Very nearly allied to P. regvlus from S.E. 

 Africa, but at once distinguished by having only a narrow 

 streak of white on the outer tail-feathers, on the middle of 

 the inner web next to the shaft ; the middle tail-feathers, 

 moreover, are browner and less black. 



[Pease's White-tufted Honey-guide was only once seen, 

 in very dense thick thorn-jungle. — A. E. P.] 



178. Melanobucco abyssinicus. 



Melanobucco abyssinicus (Lath.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 307 ; 1901, p. 289. 



