INDICATORID^E PRODOTISCUS 155 



Genus II. PRODOTISCUS. 



Type. 

 Prodotiscus, Sundev. 0/vers. K. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 



1850, p. 109 (1851) P. regulus. 



Bill slender and very pointed but broader than deep ; tail 

 composed of ten feathers only. In other respects resembling 

 Indicator. 



This genus is entirely African, one out of three species recognised 

 is found south of the Zambesi. 



FIG. 50. Tail of ProdotisciLS regulus. x ^. 

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448. Prodotiscus regulus. Wahlbery's Honey Guide. 



Prodotiscus regulus, Sundev. Ofvers. K. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 1850, p. 

 109 ; Sharpe, Eoivleifs Orn. Misc. i, p. 208, pi. lower figure (1876) ; 

 id. ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 171, 811 (1876-84) ; Shelley, Cat. B. 

 M. xix, p. 11 (1891) ; id. B. Afr. i, p. 125 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. 

 Natal B. p. 108 (1899). 



Description. Adult female. General colour above, uniform 

 brown ; tail blackish-brown with a large basal portion of the three 

 outer feathers on each side white ; underparts white, strongly 

 washed with pale brown on the throat and flanks ; under wing- 

 coverts white, slightly washed with brown ; under surface of the 

 quills with white inner margins. Bill and feet blackish. 



Length 4-8 ; wing 3-0 ; tail 2-25 ; culmen 0'45 ; tarsus 0-45. 



Sundevall states that the throat is white in the male. 



Distribution. This is apparently a very rare bird ; it was first 



