INDICATOKID^ 



INDICATOR 



145 



Key of the Genera. 



A. Tail of twelve feathers ; bill deeper than broad 



B. Tail of ten feathers ; bill broader than deep .. 



Indicator, p. 145: 

 ProdotiscuSj p. 155. 



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 

 culrainal ridge which is somewhat arched ; nostrils lateral and 

 exposed with a narrow superior membrane ; no nasal plumes or 



FIG. 48. Tail of Indicator sparrinani. x -j^. 



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. in. 



