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erroneous, as he received examples of both sexes, determined by dissection, 

 from Wahlberg in South Africa. On the western coast it is replaced by the 

 succeeding species. 



Professor Schlegel considers Temminck's Indicator hvaiUantii to be 

 referable to this bird ; and he indicates two specimens in the Leyden 

 Museum as being the types of Temminck's species. This can hardly be the 

 case, as the latter expressly states that his name of levaillantii was intended 

 for a bird seen but not procured by Levaillant in South Africa, and of which 

 he gave a description as follows : — " II est de taille moyenne entre le grand 

 et le petit Indicateur ; dessus de la tete brun ainsi que le dos, les ailes et le 

 croupion ; gorge roux-clair, et tout le dessous du corps blanc-roussatre ; pieds 

 et bee brun. Habite vers les bords de la riviere Orange." 



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Specimens examined. 



Emus. Brit. — a. Mombas {Wakefield). 



E mus. R. B. S. — a. George {H. Atmore). b. South Africa. 



E mus. G. E. Shelley. — a. Beaufort (J". C. Atmore). 



6. Indicator maculatus. 



Indicator maculatus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 451, pi. cxiii ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 100 (1850) ; Cassin, 



Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 142 ; Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 192. 

 Indicator major (juv.), Hartl. Orn. Westafi-. p. 183 (1857). 



Adult. — General colour greenish, brighter and more golden on the wings; 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts uniform with the back ; head ashy brown, 

 slightly mottled with tiny whitish spots ; entire under surface dusky grey, 

 everywhere thickly mottled with greenish white spots, a little less distinct on 

 the lower flanks, the feathers of which are dusky brown with a few whitish 

 edgings to the feathers ; under tail-coverts white, with dusky olive-brown 

 spots near the tips ; four centre tail-feathers brown, edged with olive, and 

 rather lighter on the inner web ; the next two pairs white, with a small brown 

 tip, and inclining to brown towards the base of the inner web, the two outer- 



