INDICATOEIDiE 



INDICATOR 



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Key of tlie Genera. 



A. Tail of twelve feathers ; bill deeper than broad ... Indicator, p. 145. 



B. Tail of ten feathers ; bill broader than deep Prodotiscus, ]i, lo5. 



Genus I. INDICATOR. 



Type. 



Indicator, Stephens, Gen. Zool. ix, p. 131 (1815) I. sparrmani. 



Bill stout and finch-like, deeper than broad, with a well-marked 

 culminal ridge which is somewhat arched ; nostrils lateral and 

 exposed with a narrow superior membrane ; no nasal plumes or 



Fig. -Lb. — i,.^,i <ji Iiulicatof span-inaiii. x Yb. 



rictal bristles ; wing with nine primaries only ; tarsus short ; toes 

 well developed, the first and fourth posteriorly directed, the second 

 and third anteriorly, the outer anterior (the third) the longest ; tail 

 square except for the outer pair of rectrices, which are shorter and 

 narrower than the others ; tail feathers twelve in number. 



The birds of this genus are remarkable for the habit of pointing 



10 VOL. III. 



