Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 431 



The evidence of this is that all the birds having olive 

 backs and yellow underparts (/. major^ are always in fresh 

 plumage and have a young appearance ; when the dress 

 shows signs of wear the birds are moulting and are assuming 

 feathering in the wings^ tail and back exactly resembling 

 the coloration of these parts in /. indicator. In the males 

 at this stage black is replacing the yellow on the throat, 

 and a yellow patch is appearing on the shoulders ; in more 

 advanced specimens the dress is identical with that of 

 /. indicator, except for the remains of the feathering of 

 /. major on the top of the head, wing-coverts, throat, and 

 chest. 



The same sequence of plumages is to be found with the 

 female. 



Moreover, in the whole series of /. indicator I cannot find 

 one specimen that could be called a first plumage bird; 

 this is quite a striking point. In every case, too, where 

 worn specimens of /. major are examined the birds are 

 assuming the darker dress of /. indicator, so that the logical 

 conclusion is that /. major is nothing but the young bird of 

 /. indicator. 



I can see no characters on which races of this bird can be 

 separated, so that the following names will have to become 

 synonyms : — 



Indicator flavicollis Swains. Birds W. Africa, vol. ii. 1837, 

 p. 198 : Senegal. 



Indicator harianus Hartl. Orn. Westafr. 1857, p. 274 : 

 Bari country, Upper White Nile, cf. Heugl. Sitzb. Ak. Wicn, 

 1856, p. 300 (nom. nud.), also J. f. O. 1864, p. 33 (descrip.). 



Indicator bohmi Reichw. Journ. fiir Orn. 1891, p. 39 : 

 East Africa. 



189. Indicator minor teitensis. East African Little Honey- 

 Guide. 



Indicator minor teitensis Neum. Journ. fiir Orn. 1900 

 p. 195 : Bura, Teita, British East Africa. 



a. ? ad. Mt. Maroto, Maroto Stream, 3700 ft. Jan. 25 



Total length in flesh : 6^ inciies. Wing : 90 mm. 



