Birds of Gazaland. 411 



a yellowish wash above and with a wing measuring 98 mm. 

 All my Gazaland specimens are referable to the East African 

 form tinged with yellow on the under surface and washed 

 with yellowish olive above. The wing-measurement varies 

 from 90 to 94 mm., 79 in an immature bird. 



190. Thripias namaquus. Bearded Woodpecker. 



Rh. Odendaal obtained two specimens of this Wood- 

 pecker near Chirinda during 1907, a male on July loth, 

 measuring 9 inches in the flesh, and a female on September 3rd, 

 measuring 9*5. The iris in each case was crimson and the 

 feet were blackish. 



191. Indicator sparrmani. Sparrman^s Honey-Guide. 

 Rh. I shot a male of this species in the Lusitu Valley on 



September 19th, 1906. It was sitting bolt upright (unlike 

 what I have noted w^ith regard to /. minor and /. variegatus) 

 on the top of a small tree, uttering constantly a double 

 " tee-treee ! " — piping notes a little like those of Cossi/pha 

 natalensis, but with a trill only in the second syllable. I 

 heard it again on September 30th on a hill-top in Mafusi's 

 country overlooking the Lusitu. Odendaal has since sent 

 me a further specimen, a male, shot by him near Chirinda 

 on June 27th. My male measured 7'& inches in the flesh. 

 The bill was light pink, the feet were dusky, and the irides 

 light reddish brown. The stomach contained bee-grubs, 

 beeswax, and the head of a termite. 



192. Indicator variegatus. Scaly-throated Honey- 

 Guide. 



Rh., P. I obtained a female and a male of this Honey- 

 Guide on August 6th and 11th, 1906, respectively, in dense 

 bush on the Kurumadzi. The native who was with me on 

 the second occasion said " a Honey-Guide won^t die alone — 

 whenever we have trapped one we always know that we have 

 trapped some other bird close by." As at that moment I 

 saw and shot a Sparrow-Hawk he delightedly pointed to 

 this as proof of his statement. The stomachs in both cases 

 contained beeswax mixed with debris of small insects. The 

 two birds measured 7 and 7*1 inches in the flesh. Both 



