Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 435 



The male differs from the female in having a well-defined 

 white band at the base of the upper mandible and a black 

 moustachial streak. 



Wing : ^ 80-74 mm. ; ? 70-65 mm. 



Cassin gives the wing-measurement of his type as 

 2\ inches = 63 mm. 



Range. North Angola to Cameroon, eastwards to Uganda 

 (Ruwenzori and Ankole). 



Indicator exilis willcockst. 



Indicator willcocksi Alex. Hull. B. O. C. vol. xii. 1901, 

 p. 11 : Prahou, Gold Coast Colony. 



Differs from /. e. exilis in being much greener on the top 

 of the head and in having the underparts paler olive^ and 

 indistinctly streaked. Wing : ? (the type) 69 mm. 



Range. Gold Coast Colony. 



Indicator exilis poensis. 



Indicator poensis Alex. Bull. B. O. C. vol. xiii. 1903, 

 p. 33 ; Bakaki, Fernando Po. 



Differs from /. e. exilis in being considerably smaller; 

 top of head grey, rest of upper plumage less bright and 

 mai'kmgs not strongly defined, and the under surface greyer 

 and paler. Wing : (^ (the type) 66 mm. 



Indicator exilis leona. 



Indicator exilis leona C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxxv. 1915, 

 p. 100 : Sierra Leone. 



Differs from /. e. exilis in being smaller and having the 

 mantle more uniform olive, the markings being only faintly 

 indicated, top of head slightly darker, and under surface 

 of a deeper tone especially on the chest ; fiom /. e. will- 

 cocksi (which cuts this new race off geographically from 

 /. e. exilis) it differs in the more uniform back and con- 

 siderably darker underparts without any streaking. 



Type in British Museum : (J ad. Sierra Leone. 7. iii. 11. 

 W. P. Lowe coll. Wing 70, culmen 10, tail 43, tarsus 

 irS mm. 



Range. Sierra Leone. 



