INDICATOR VARIEGATUS. 167 
outer margins of all the wing-feathers dirty yellowish-white, those 
of the secondaries being the most-marked ; ear-tufts white ; chin and 
upper part of throat black; the two middle tail-feathers entirely brown ; 
the next pair have the inner webs, with the exception of the tip, 
white, and the outer three are all white, except at the tips; the outer- 
most feather is in this, and I. major, considerably the shortest. 
Length, 7’ 6’’ ; wing, 4’’ 4’”’ ; tail, 8” 3/’’. 
The female wants the black throat of the male, but can always be 
distinguished by the brown stripes on its flanks, this character bemg 
the best to distinguish the species. 
Fig. Temm. Pl. Col. 867. 
150. Inprcaror VARIEGATUS. Scaly-throated Honey-Guide. 
We shot a solitary specimen of this Honey-Guide at the 
Knysna, as it was flittimg about some bushes in the forests. 
Victorin procured it in the same district, and Mr. H. Atmore 
has forwarded it to us from George. His brother, Mr. T. C. Atmore, 
also collected it at Beaufort. We know very little of the distribution 
of the present species, as it has not been recorded from any other 
place in South Africa, and the only other locality whence we have 
seen specimens is Mombas on the east coast. It must certainly 
occur in the intermediate localities, and has, perhaps, been mistaken 
for the female or young of one of the other species. Le Vaillant con- 
sidered it to be the hen of J. variegatus, an idea disposed of 
by Professor Sundevall, who received dissected specimens of male and 
female from Wahlberg. : 
General colour above dull olive-green, changing to yellow on the 
wings ; below dirty yellowish-white, immaculate on the centre of the 
belly and vent, but much variegated on the throat, breast, flanks, 
and thighs, with brown; forehead speckled with white. The tail 
consists of twelve feathers, thus marked: two innermost pair all 
brown ; one pair following white, with portion of inner web brown; 
three outer pair white, with brown tips; the outermost pair very 
short. Length, 7’’ 6’ ; wing, 4” 4’”’ ; tail, 3° 4’”". 
This species has no white rump, this part of the upper surface 
being uniform with the rest of the back. The flanks are streaked 
with dusky brown, and the abdomen is whitish, the mottled feathers 
not extending lower than the breast. 
