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out the situation of bees' nests, from which they derive their name 

 of Honey Guide. So far as is known, they are parasitic, like the 

 cuckoos, in regard to their nesting habits, but our knowledge in 

 this respect is still imperfect. 



The genus is spread over the whole of the Ethiopian region, and 

 re-occurs in the Himalayas, the Malayan Peninsula, and Borneo. 

 Out of ten African species four occur within our limits. 



Key of the Species. 



A. Back slaty-black, with a bright yellow patch 



on the shoulders. 



a. Chin and throat black .............................. I. sparrmani $ , p. 146. 



b. Chin and throat white .............................. I. sparrmani , p. 146. 



B. Black washed with golden-olive. 



a. Chin and throat bright yellow .................. I. major, p. 149. 



b. Chin and throat white with black streaks ... /. variegatus, p. 151. 



c. Chin and throat olive-gray, with darker malar 



stripe on either side ......... ..................... /. minor, p. 152. 



/4fV~ 

 444. Indicator sparrmani. Sparrman's Honey Guide. 



Cuculus indicator, Sparrman, Phil. Trans. Ixvii, p. 38 (1777) ; id. 



Voyage to Cape, 8vo ed. ii, pp. 196, 202 (1785). 

 Indicator sparrmani, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix, p. 138 (1815) ; Buckley, 



Ibis, 1874, p. 368 [Limpopo] ; Sliarpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 



166, 810 (1876-84) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 296 [Rustenburg] ; Oates, 



Matabeleland, p. 305 (1881) ; Butler, Feilden, and Reid, Zool. 1882, 



p. 208 [Newcastle] ; Woodward Bros., Natal B. p. 107 (1899) ; 

 .Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 424 ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 20. 

 Indicator albirostris, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 367 (1825) ; Pelzeln, Novara 



Eeise, Vogel, p. 102 (1865) [Cape division] ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 



p. 242 (1867). 

 Indicator indicator, Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 5 (1891) ; id. B. Afr. i, 



p. 124 (1896) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 500 [Zululand] . 

 " Inhlara of Zulus" (Francis). 



Further accounts of this bird's habits will be found in the 

 following books of travel : 

 Barrow, " Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa," 1st ed. i, 



p. 321 (1801). 



Hoodie, " Ten years in South Africa," i, p. 313 (1835). 

 Delagorgue, " Voyage dans 1'Afrique Australe," i, p. 494 (1847). 

 Livingstone, " Missionary Travels," p. 537 (1857). 



