202 INDICATORIDyE. 



Traite, p. 155 (1831) ; Des Murs, in Lefebvr. Voy. Abyss. Ois. p. 139 (1849); Bp. Consp. 



p. 100 (1850) ; lieugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 47 (1856) ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 186 (1857) ; 



Layard, B. S. Aft-, p. 242 (1867). 

 Indicator leucotis, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 139 (1837). 

 Indicator flaviscapulatus, Riipp. N. W. Vog. p. 60 (c. 1840). 

 Indicator archipelagicus , Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 96 (1845, nee Temm.). 

 Indicator albirostris {?), Heugl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 272, unde 

 Indicator palUdirostris, Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 265 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 204 (1870). 



Adult male. — Above dark cindery brown, the feathers of the lower rump 

 brown in the centre with broad white edgings, the middle feathers of the 

 upper tail-coverts white, streaked with brown down the centre, the outer 

 upper tail- coverts uniform brown like the back ; wings dark brown, with a 

 large cubital spot of golden yellow ; all the wing-coverts edged with white, 

 more or less inclining to w^iity brown, the quills externally edged with dull 

 olive-yellow ; two centre tail-feathers dark brown, the next two brown, 

 inclining to white along the inner web, the rest of the tail white tipped with 

 ashy brown, somewhat increasing in extent on the two outer rectrices ; sides 

 of neck ashy grey like the back, the ear-coverts inclining to greyish white and 

 contrasting with the cheeks and throat, wdiich are black ; lower throat, fore 

 neck, breast, and sides of the body pale ashy, the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts pure white, the lower flanks with a few narrow streaks of brown ; 

 under wdng-coverts white, slightly marked with brown near the edge of the 

 wing ; bill sometimes red, sometimes yellowish w^hite ; bare space round the 

 eye and feet dusky lead-colour ; iris umber-brown. Total length 83 inches, 

 culmen 0*55, wing 4*25, tail 29, tarsus 0"65. 



According to Dr. von Heuglin, the female wants the black throat, but 

 has the cheeks slightly spotted with dusky ; ear-coverts dull ashy brown ; 

 the margins of the wing-coverts less distinct ; bill pale fuscous ; the 

 mandible livid, tinged with blood-red. Such a specimen, marked a female 

 by Mr. Atmore, is in my collection, from Eland's Post. 



Habitat. — S. Africa. Swellendam (^Cairncross), Eland's Post (^Atmore), 



