1 92 1.] collected in Southern Cameroon. 85 



British Museum (Vol. xix. p. 10), were separated by Sharpe 

 as /. ussheri [of. C. Grraut^ t. c. p. 434'). 



Indicator maculatus. 



Indicator maculatus Gray, Geii. Birds, ii. 1847, p. 45] — 

 Type locality : not stated, [River Gambia] cf. specimen in 

 Brit. Mns. Coll. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 440. 



We have received another adult male of this rare species, 

 shot at Bitye on 2 June, 1910. It agrees entirely with 

 the male example procured in July 1905 and also with the 

 type specimen from the River Gambia. It has the feathers 

 of the fore-part of the crown partially edged on the sides 

 with yellowish-white, a character found in all the specimens 

 and showing an approach to /. variegatas. It is easily 

 distinguished from that species and from /. stictithorax by 

 having the ieaihers of the breast and upper belly dull olive 

 spotted with yellowish-white, but the spots are less regular 

 than those of the chest. Two specimens, male and female, 

 collected by the late Dr. Ansorge at Gunnal, Portuguese 

 Guinea, appear to be immature examples of this species. 



Indicator exilis exilis. 



Melignothes exilis Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1856, 

 p. 157 — Type locality : Moonda River, Gaboon. 



Indicator e. exilis C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 434. 



Mr. Bates has sent three more pairs of this species, all 

 referable to the typical form from Gaboon. 



The wings in three males measure respectively 70, 71, 

 72 mm. ; in three females 67 mm. 



Mr. Claude Grant (Ibis, 1915, p. 434) has stated that 

 " 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 " ; but in three specimens in the collec- 

 tion marked in this way tlie sex has been ascertained as 

 female by Mr. Bates, Mr. Dent, and Dr. Ansorge respectively, 

 three most reliable collectors. 



Indicator stictithorax. 



Indicator stictitliorax Reichw. J, f. O, 1877, p. 110 — Type 

 locality : Cameroon ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 440. 



