462 CLASS AVES. 



crown, splendid-black ; tail, beneath, black. Mada- 

 gascar and Cape of Good Hope.* 



The Indicators, Vaill. 



Are other African species, celebrated by feeding 

 on honey. They serve as guides in the discovery of 

 the hives of wild honey, which they seek making 

 a cry. Their bill is short, high, and nearly as 

 conical as that of the sparrow. Their tail has twelve 

 quills, and is both slightly cuneiformed and forked. 

 Their skin is particularly hard, and resists the stings 

 of the bees ; but these insects attack them in the eyes, 

 and sometimes kill them. 



Honey Cuckow. C. Indicator. Vaill. Af. 241. 



Ferrugineous-grey ; beneath, whitish ; shoulder, yel- 

 low ; base of the tail furcated with a black spot. 

 Egypt and Senegal. 



Lesser Honey Cuckow. C. Minor. Cuv. id. 242. 



The smallest. Like preceding, but beneath, slate- 

 coloured. Africa. 



White-billed Cuckow. C. Alhirostris. Col. 367- 



The largest. Dusky-brown ; ears, throat, and be- 

 neath, white ; tail, black tipped. 



M. Vieillot has adopted this genus and its name in 

 his Galerie. 45. -f- 



* This is the Bucco Afrkanus of Shaw, and well figured by Vieill. Gal. 

 t. 40. 



\ Indicator Major of Temminck is Cucnhis Indicator. Lath., and 

 Temminck has described a species under the name of Indicator LevaiUantii. 



