432 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



This single specimen, though not sexed, is apparently a 

 male, judging by the white feathers at the base of the 

 upper mandible and the moustachial streak. It is in good 

 plumage. 



[Irides brown ; bill black ; legs and toes plumbeous.] 



In naming this bird I have examined the whole series in 

 the British Museum collection of these small, thick-billed 

 Honey-Guides, and I find that they fall naturally into three 

 groups ; these groups with their races and distribution being 

 as follows : — 



Indicator minor minor. 



Indicator mmor '&ie\)\\. Gqw.ZooX. vol. ix. 1815, p. 140: 

 Cape of Good Hope, ex Levaillant. 



Of this. Indicator minimus Temm. PI. Col. 1822, pi. 542 : 

 South Africa, ex Levaillant ; Indicator buphagoides Leadb. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. 1829, p. 91 : Interior oF Africa ; 

 and Indicator apivorus Licht. Nom. Av. 1854, p. 78 : 

 Kaffirland (nom. nud.), are synonyms. 



Top of head washed with olivaceous ; underparts pale 

 grey washed with olive. Wing in males 95-89 mm. ; in 

 females 86-83 mm. 



The males are always larger than the females, the latter 

 lacking the white feathering at the base of the upper 

 mandible, or having it only faintly indicated, and the 

 moustachial streak is by no means so clearly defined. 



Ranye. Cape Colony and Natal northwards to southern 

 Nyasaland and northern Angola. 



The pair before me from Angola agree very well with 

 Cape Colony specimens, being perhaps slightly darker on 

 the chest, and the three from Damaraland are slightly paler 

 on the top of the head than specimens from further south ; 

 however, as slight individual variation occurs in Cape 

 Colony and Natal birds, these differences do not appear to 

 be geographical. 



Indicator minor diadematus. 



Indicator diadematus Kiipp. Neue Wirb. 1835, p. 61 : 

 Abyssinia. 



Kitppeirs description agrees well with the Abysfsinian 



